| Gustavus Flaubertus Bourgeoisophobus: Flaubert and the Bourgeois Mentality Contributor(s): Raitt, A. W. (Author), Raitt, Alan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820472336 ISBN-13: 9780820472331 Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing OUR PRICE: $42.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| Dewey: 823.8 |
| LCCN: 2005040939 |
| Series: Romanticism and After in France |
| Physical Information: 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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'Education sentimentale, Un Coeur simple and Bouvard et Pecuchet and even overflows into Salammbo 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. |