The Cambridge Companion to Flaubert

This volume brings together a series of essays by acknowledged experts on Flaubert. It offers a coherent overview of the writer\'s work and critical legacy, and provides insights into the very latest scholarly thinking. While a central place is given to Flaubert’s most widely read texts, attention is also paid to key areas of the corpus that have tended to be overlooked. Close textual analyses are accompanied by discussion of broader theoretical issues, and by a consideration of Flaubert’s place in the wider traditions that he both inherited and influenced. These essays provide not only a robust critical framework for readers of Flaubert, but also a fuller understanding of why he continues to exert such a powerful influence on literature and literary studies today. A concluding essay by the prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa examines Flaubert’s legacy from the point of view of the modern novelist.

• New essays by experts offer a complete overview of Flaubert’s work in one volume • Includes essays on Flaubert’s famous novels, his life and times, and an appreciation of his work by novelist Mario Vargas Llosa • Includes a chronology and bibliography

Chronology; 1. Gustave Flaubert, the hermit of Croisset Timothy Unwin; 2. Flaubert’s place in literary history Michael Tilby; 3. Flaubert’s early work Timothy Unwin; 4. Flaubert’s travel writings Adrianne Tooke; 5. Flaubert’s correspondence Rosemary Lloyd; 6. History and its representation in Flaubert’s work Anne Green; 7. Death and the post mortem in Flaubert’s works Mary Orr; 8. The art of characterisation in Flaubert’s fiction Lawrence M. Porter; 9. The stylistic achievements of Flaubert’s fiction Alison Finch; 10. The writing process: scenarios, sketches and rough drafts Tony Williams; 11. Flaubert and the visual Aimée Israel-Pelletier; 12. The theatre in the work of Flaubert Alan Raitt; 13. Flaubert’s failure Lawrence R. Schehr; 14. Flaubert, our contemporary Mario Vargas Llosa (translated by John King); Bibliography.