Madame Bovary

Name: Madame Bovary
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ISBN: 9780553213416

ISBN-10: 0553213415

ISBN-13: 9780553213416

Edition: 1972

Authors: Gustave. Flaubert, Lowell Bair, Leo Bersani

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This exquisite novel tells the story of one of the most compelling heroines in modern literature--Emma Bovary. Unhappily married to a devoted, clumsy provincial doctor, Emma revolts against the ordinariness of her life by pursuing voluptuous dreams of ecstasy and love. But her sensuous and sentimental desires lead her only to suffering corruption and downfall. A brilliant psychological portrait, Madame Bovary searingly depicts the human mind in search of transcendence. Who is Madame Bovary? Flaubert's answer to this question was superb: "Madame Bovary, c'est moi." Acclaimed as a masterpiece upon its publication in 1857, the work catapulted Flaubert to the ranks of the world's greatest…

Book details

List price: $5.95
Copyright year: 1972
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/1/1982
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 4.02" wide x 7.01" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Introduction


Dedication


Madame Bovary Part One


Biographical Sketch


Critical Supplement


The Novelist on His Art


Contemporary Views


Emile Zola: Gustave Flaubert


Guy De Maupassant: Essay on Gustave Flaubert


Henry James: Gustave Flaubert


Modern Critical Comment


Harry Levin: Madame Bovary: The Cathedral and the Hospital


Erich Auerbach: Realism In Madame Bovary


Victor Brombert: Pattern of Imagery: Her Dreams Too High, Her House Too Narrow


Martin Turnell: The Weaknesses of Madame Bovary


Jean-Paul Sartre: Class Consciousness In Flaubert


Gerard Genette: Flaubert's Silences


Selected Bibliography