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Gustave Flaubert

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Biography

Name: Gustave Flaubert
Birth Date: December 21, 1821
Death Date: May 8, 1880
Place of Birth: Rouen, France
Nationality: French
Gender: Male
Occupations: novelist, author

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Biography of Gustave Flaubert
18,336 words, approx. 61 pages
The enduring literary fame of Gustave Flaubert was established all at one go, in the course of a famous trial that simultaneously brought him success and scandal. In 1857, when Madame Bovary (translated 1881) was appearing in serial form, the imperial...
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Biography of Gustave Flaubert
1,892 words, approx. 6 pages
The French novelist Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was one of the most important forces in creating the modern novel as a conscious art form and in launching, much against his will, the realistic school in France. Gustave Flaubert was born on Dec. 12,...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Gustave Flaubert Information
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Gustave Flaubert ([gystav flobɛʁ]) (December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880) was a French writer who is counted among the greatest Western novelists. He is known especially for his first published novel, <i>Madame Bovary</i> (1857), and for his...


News and Journals
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A Quiz on the 17th Century
10/8/2007: 291 words, approx. 1 pages
Question 1 of 10:The crowns of Scotland and England became united in 1603 when which Scot replaced Queen Elizabeth on the throne? Charles I James I Henry VII Edward VI Question 2 of 10:English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh was beheaded in 1618...
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AP News
Today in history - June 19
6/19/2007: 595 words, approx. 2 pages
Today is Tuesday, June 19, the 170th day of 2007. There are 195 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On June 19, 1865, Union troops commanded by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War was over, and...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Lewis J. Overaker
14,219 words, approx. 47 pages
In the following essay, Overaker suggests that in Flaubert's story “Un Coeur simple,” through the character of Félicité and the parrot named Loulou, one is witness “to a serious and triumphant spiritual journey in which the workings of the Holy Ghost are disclosed.”
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Critical Essay by Lisa Lowe
12,697 words, approx. 42 pages
In the following essay, Lowe discusses "the French tradition of orientalism " and the treatment of "otherness" in Flaubert's works. Lowe argues that "Flaubert's corpus, considered as a series of orien-talist moments, reflects the divided and conflicted nature of nineteenth-century French culture itself.''
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Critical Essay by Jonathan Culler
11,996 words, approx. 40 pages
In the following excerpt, Culler discusses the function of "stupidity" in Flaubert's themes, symbols, narrative strategies, and characters. Culler connects the idea of stupefaction with Flaubert's notion of the experience of "reverie" and the incomprehensible as the goal of art.
 


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