Madame Bovary
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Madame Bovary
(Unwin critical library)
Unwin Hyman, 1990
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The aim of this series is to provide a scholarly introduction to major texts of English and European literature. This study draws on recent and traditional critical views to provide a fresh analysis of "Madame Bovary", its narrative techniques, social background, and underlying structures.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The intellectual and social background: versions of love - sentiment and cynicism
- the belief in progress
- class and trade
- women. Part 2 Structures: the evolution of the text
- transitions
- nesting
- juxtaposition
- repetition
- poetic symbolism. Part 3 Voices: speaking
- writing
- style indirect libre
- parody and pastiche
- reading. Part 4 Space and time: the sense of place
- water
- objects
- time
- death
- the spur of style
- the critical response.
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