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, such as
Maupassant, Proust, Conrad, Faulkner, and Joyce. His denunciation
of materialistic, corrupt society; his fascination with altered
states of consciousness; his oscillation between metaphysical
longings and a radical nihilism; and his deep-seated mistrust of
the adequacy of words themselves anticipate the works of
contemporary authors. This reference is a convenient guide to his
life and writings.
Included in this volume are several hundred alphabetically
arranged entries on Flaubert's individual works and major
characters; historical persons and events that shaped his life; the
themes that run throughout his writings; the critical approaches
employed by scholars studying his works; and related topics of
interest. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and most
close with a brief bibliography. All of his major works are treated
at length, and the volume mentions nearly every unpublished project
of his that has a title. The book concludes with a selected,
general bibliography of major studies.
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