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Title: Flaubert’s First Novel

Flaubert’s First Novel

A study of the 1845 Éducation sentimentale

by Alan Raitt (Author)
©2010 Monographs VIII, 138 Pages
Romance Studies
Series: Romanticism and after in France / Le Romantisme et après en France, Volume 18

Summary

L’Éducation sentimentale, begun in 1843 and finished after two substantial interruptions in 1845, was Flaubert’s first attempt at a full-scale novel. Though overshadowed by the 1869 novel of the same title, it is a crucially important text in Flaubert’s literary development. Alan Raitt provides a controversial new reading of the book’s genesis and development, and addresses many of the misapprehensions that have grown up around this pivotal work.

Details

Pages
VIII, 138
Year
2010
ISBN (Softcover)
9783039119868
Language
English
Keywords
Genesis and Composition Structure and Sense Flaubert's personal situation Flaubert's art
Published
Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2010. VIII, 138 pp.

Biographical notes

Alan Raitt (Author)

The Author: Alan Raitt (1930-2006) was one of the most distinguished French scholars of his generation. He was Professor of French at Oxford University and a Fellow of Magdalen College, and his books include landmark studies of Flaubert, Mérimée and Villiers de l’Isle-Adam. He was a Fellow of the British Academy, Commandeur dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques and General Editor of French Studies. He was founding editor of Peter Lang’s series ‘Le Romantisme et après en France’, for which he also wrote Flaubert et le théâtre, The Originality of Madame Bovary and Gustavus Flaubertus Bourgeoisophobus. This is his final book.

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