For his twentieth-century successors the formal experiments that underpin Madame Bovary look forward to the innovations of contemporary fiction.įlaubert’s protagonist in particular has never ceased to fascinate. For the writer, subject matter was subordinate to his anguished quest for aesthetic perfection. For Flaubert’s contemporaries, the fascination came from the novelist’s meticulous account of provincial matters. With an Introduction by Roger Clark, University of Kent at Canterbury.Ĭastigated for offending against public decency, Madame Bovary has rarely failed to cause a storm.
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