Gustavus Flaubertus Bourgeoisophobus: Flaubert and the Bourgeois Mentality

Gustavus Flaubertus Bourgeoisophobus: Flaubert and the Bourgeois Mentality 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'Éducation sentimentale, Un Coeur simple and Bouvard et Pécuchet 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. Autor: A. W. Raitt Wydawnictwo: Verlag Peter Lang Rok wydania: 2004 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 208 Wymiary: 14.6 x 22.2 x 1.3 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9783039103089