Flaubert, Gustave

Lincoln. 1991. University Of Nebraska Press. 1st American Edition. Price Sticker Mark On Front Endpaper, Otherwise Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0803219822. Translated from the French & With An Introduction by Robert Griffin. 275 pages. hardcover. Cover design by Jungsun Whang. keywords: Literature Translated France . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Translated into English for the first time, the essays and tales in this collection represent about half of Gustave Flaubert's initial experiments in writing. They rank among his best youthful fiction and foreshadow the techniques and ideas of his mature work. The eleven selections allow the reader to appreciate in perspective some of the comparable yet inimitable themes, character studies, and styles of writing that mark Flaubert's major novels and stories. From the initial schoolboy sketches through ‘Smarh,' the more memorable writing of the young Flaubert reveals the eye of a precocious artist who surveyed the world primarily as material for fiction. His transference of this field of vision into language set the modern novel on a new course. Until he underwent a near-mystical attack of nerves in 1844, Flaubert's life lacked the emotional trauma or material crisis that is often associated with the genesis of such great art. Unlike the destitute characters in ‘A Fragrance to Smell,' he inherited enough money to avoid the struggle with poverty that supposedly tempered the sensibility of Romantic souls. In assessing the prime influences that helped to shape Flaubert's true sensibility, we should consign this myth to its Romantic origins and instead briefly mention at least three catalytic events and personalities in his emotional and intellectual development, beginning with his home life. inventory #29462 ISBN: 0803219822.