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Gustavus Flaubertus Bourgeoisophobus - Flaubert and the Bourgeois Mentality

English · Paperback / Softback

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It is well known that Flaubert harboured an obsessive hatred of the bourgeois and his mentality which erupts constantly and explosively in his correspondence, informs large parts of the works set in his own time, Madame Bovary, L'Éducation sentimentale, Un Coeur simple and Bouvard et Pécuchet and even overflows into Salammbô and his theatrical experiments. Since most of his thought and writing is so visibly and vitally affected by this obsession, it seems valuable to investigate its origins, its development and its significance for his art. That is the aim of this study which begins with a look at representations of the bourgeois in French literature before Flaubert and goes on to examine in detail what proves to be a more complex phenomenon than might at first sight appear.

List of contents

Contents: The Bourgeois in French Literature before Flaubert - Flaubert, Henry Monnier and Joseph Prudhomme - Youth - Early Works - Madame Bovary - Salammbô - Le Château des Coeurs - L'Éducation Sentimentale - Lettre à la Municipalité de Rouen - Le Candidat - Un Coeur Simple - Bouvard et Pécuchet - Projets - Conclusion.

About the author

The Author: Alan Raitt is Emeritus Professor of French Literature in the University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. He is responsible for numerous editions, books and articles on Flaubert.

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«Raitt's study is both academically well-argued and documented and extremely interesting. It is a very worthwhile addition to Flaubert studies.» (Leisha Ashdown- Lecointre, New Zealand Journal of French Studies)

Product details

Authors Alan Raitt
Publisher Peter Lang
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 30.06.2016
 
EAN 9783039103089
ISBN 978-3-0-3910308-9
No. of pages 214
Dimensions 140 mm x 11 mm x 220 mm
Weight 290 g
Series Romanticism and after in France / Le Romantisme et après en France
Romanticism and after in France / Le Romantisme et après en France
Subject Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies

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