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Though the emphasis is on Flaubert's works, there are also entries for some characters, critics, historical events, literary influences, and places. RBB
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Anyone interested in Flaubert will enjoy reading the articles in this well-edited encyclopedia. They are engagingly written and thorough and reflect an intimate acquaintance with Flaubert's life and work ...belongs in all institutions with programs in French and world literatureChoice
Book Description
Gustave Flaubert is probably the most famous novelist of nineteenth-century France, and his best known work, Madame Bovary, is read in numerous comparative literature and French courses. His fiction set the standard to which other authors turned to learn their craft, and his cult of art and his unrelenting search for stylistic perfection inspired many later writers. This reference is a convenient guide to his life and work. Included are hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries for individual works, major characters, historical persons, themes, critical approaches, and other topics. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and most close with a brief bibliography.
About the Author
LAURENCE M. PORTER is Professor of French, Comparative Literature, and African Studies at Michigan State University.
A Gustave Flaubert Encyclopedia FROM THE PUBLISHER
Gustave Flaubert is probably the most famous novelist of nineteenth-century France, and his best known work, Madame Bovary, is read in numerous comparative literature and French courses. His fiction set the standard to which other authors turned to learn their craft, and his cult of art and his unrelenting search for stylistic perfection inspired many later writers. This reference is a convenient guide to his life and work. Included are hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries for individual works, major characters, historical persons, themes, critical approaches, and other topics. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and most close with a brief bibliography.
SYNOPSIS
Includes hundreds of entries on Flaubert's life and writings.
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A reference to the life and work of French novelist Flaubert (1821- 80), who Porter (French, comparative literature, and African studies, Michigan State U.) says has been one of the most influential forces behind realist, naturalist, modernist, and postmodernist schools of literature throughout Europe and the Western Hemisphere. The contributors, US scholars, focus on his literary works, their sources, and their influence but also include discussions of places, contemporary events, a few well known critics, characters that make several appearances, and some of the writers who influenced or were influenced by him. Bibliographic references are entry specific. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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