Flaubert's Straight and Suspect Saints: The Unity of 'Trois contes' - Couverture rigide

Israel-Pelletier, Aimee

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9027217572 ISBN 13 : 9789027217578

Editeur : John Benjamins Publishing Co, 1991

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Israel Pelletier argues that Trois contes demands a different kind of reading which distinguishes it from Madame Bovary and other Flaubert texts. By the time he wrote this late work, Flaubert's attitude toward his characters and the role of fiction had changed to accommodate different social, political, and literary pressures. He constructed two opposing levels of meaning for each of the stories, straight and ironic, which produced a more fruitful way of addressing some of his concerns and assumptions about langauge and illusion. Included in this study are a provocative feminist reading of Un Coeur, an assessment of Saint Julien as Flaubert's attempt to come to terms with his originality as a writer, and an interpretation of Hérodias as an autobiography of the writing process.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: John Benjamins Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 1991
• ISBN 10: 9027217572
• ISBN 13: 9789027217578
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 178