Madame Bovary on Trial by Dominick LaCapra
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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 Flaubert?s correspondence, the work of literary critics, and Jean-Paul Sartre?s 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.
