Madame Bovary on Trial

ISBN: 0801414776

Author: LaCapra, Dominick

Condition: New

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 Flauberts correspondence, the work of literary critics, and Jean-Paul Sartres 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.