| Bouvard and Pecuchet Contributor(s): Hollybooks (Editor), Flaubert, Gustave (Author) |
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ISBN: 1534681728 ISBN-13: 9781534681729 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $8.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Humor - Reference - Literary Collections |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6" W x 9" (0.67 lbs) 222 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nowhere do Flaubert's explorations of the relation of signs to the objects they signify reach a more thorough study than in this work. Bouvard and P cuchet systematically confuse signs and symbols with reality, an assumption that causes them much suffering, as it does for Emma Bovary and Fr d ric Moreau. Yet here, due to the explicit focus on books and knowledge, Flaubert's ideas reach a climax. Consequently, the book is widely read as a precursor to modern theories |