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This novel achieved immediate notoriety through its questioning of marriage, sex and the role of women. Stephen Heath shows how this landmark text captures and articulates a fundamental experience of the postromantic, commerical-industrial, democratic period. He explains how Madame Bovary represents Flaubert's intense personal engagement with the tragedy of bourgeois culture, while at the same time exemplifying the author's commitment to the impersonality of art and the transcendence of style.
"Heath's study is a distinguished addition to the Landmarks of World Literature series. It is lucidly written, persuasively argued and clearly presented. It makes a splendid companion volume to Flaubert's masterpiece." Robert T. Denomme, French Review
| Note on references | p. viii |
| Chronology | p. x |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Madame Bovary: composition and context | p. 4 |
| Writing Madame Bovary | p. 4 |
| 1830-1850 | p. 8 |
| The third attempt | p. 19 |
| Realism | p. 28 |
| Sources | p. 31 |
| Publication | p. 39 |
| Reception | p. 49 |
| Madame Bovary: novel and art | p. 53 |
| Provincial manners | p. 53 |
| Reading | p. 65 |
| Adultery | p. 80 |
| Fate | p. 88 |
| 'Madame Bovary, c'est moi!' | p. 91 |
| Writing hysteria | p. 95 |
| Impersonality | p. 104 |
| The art of the novel | p. 117 |
| Madame Bovary: sequels and effects | p. 137 |
| Guide to further reading | p. 149 |
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ISBN: 9780521314831
ISBN-10: 0521314836
Series: Landmarks of World Literature (Paperback)
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 180
Published: 8th June 1992
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PR
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 19.74 x 12.83
x 1.32
Weight (kg): 0.19
