| Madame Bovary on Trial Contributor(s): LaCapra, Dominick (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801414776 ISBN-13: 9780801414770 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $59.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1982 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - French - History | Europe - France - Law | Legal History |
| Dewey: 843.8 |
| LCCN: 81070714 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (1.09 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1857, following the publication of Madame Bovary, Flaubert was charged with having committed an outrage to public morality and religion. Dominick LaCapra, an intellectual historian with wide-ranging literary interests, here examines this remarkable trial. LaCapra draws on material from Flaubert's correspondence, the work of literary critics, and Jean-Paul Sartre's analysis of Flaubert. LaCapra maintains that Madame Bovary is at the intersection of the traditional and the modern novel, simultaneously invoking conventional expectations and subverting them. |
Contributor Bio(s): LaCapra, Dominick: - Dominick LaCapra is Professor Emeritus of History and Comparative Literature and Bowmar Professor Emeritus of Humanistic Studies at Cornell University. He is the author of many books, including History, Literature, Critical Theory; History and Its Limits: Human, Animal, Violence; and History in Transit: Experience, Identity, Critical Theory. |