num_pages: 224
description: 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.
language: English
title: Madame Bovary on Trial
titlecomplete: Madame Bovary on Trial
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 11
publisher: Cornell University Press