Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary ─ A Reference Guide

For general and undergraduate audiences, two Michigan State U. French professors offer an advanced Cliff Notes version of Madame Bovary (1857), and background on Flaubert's life, his view of marriage as a social problem, other influences on his writing, and the novels's enduring influence on many authors (listed in a table). For scholars, they discuss his ideas, narrative art, the novel's critical reception; a bibliographic essay covering editions and critical, deconstructionist, feminist/gender, genetic (writing process), psychological, stylistic, and thematic studies. References include audiovisual and electronic resources. Porter compiled a Gustav Flaubert Encyclopedia (2001). Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

LAURENCE M. PORTER is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Michigan State University. His previous books include A Gustave Flaubert Encyclopedia (2001).EUGENE F. GRAY is Professor of French at Michigan State University. His essays have appeared in such journals as Nineteenth-Century French Studies and The French Review.