Madame Bovary on Trial

By Dominick LaCapra

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801493617
• ISBN13: 9780801493614
• Release Date: February 1986
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher