The Perpetual Orgy: Flaubert and Madame Bovary
by Mario Vargas Llosa
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The book's first section is a tete-a-tete with Emma Bovary; the second traces the gestation and birth of the novel, as well as Flaubert's method, his mania for documentation, and the novel's literary sources; the third situates it in literary history. Vargas Llosa's first work of non-fiction will send the reader back to Flaubert's masterpiece with renewed interest.Tags
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Dans ce livre, Vargas Llosa reprend trois types de critique littéraire : un tête à tête avec Emma Bovary où, prévient-il, il parle autant de lui que d'elle et des émotions qu'elle suscite. Dans la seconde partie, il tente de pointer la naissance du roman, ce qu'il est et comment il devenu ce qu'il est. Dans la troisième partie, il situe le roman par rapport aux autres romans, qui le précèdent et surtout qui le suivent, dans la mesure où leur existence a été rendu possible et enrichie par Mme Bovary. Pour cela il utilise beaucoup la correspondance de Flaubert (en particulier ses lettres à Louise Colet, qui jouent le rôle souvent d'un manifeste esthétique).
Un ouvrage d'écrivain, de romancier, loin d'un manuel show more universitaire, mais très personnel, très fouillé, très amoureux de Flaubert. show less
Un ouvrage d'écrivain, de romancier, loin d'un manuel show more universitaire, mais très personnel, très fouillé, très amoureux de Flaubert. show less
Jul 9, 2025French
GAVETA DE LA IZQUIERDA, ANAQUEL SEGUNDO DE ARRIBA HACIA ABAJO.
May 1, 2019Spanish
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Mario Vargas Llosa was born in Arequipa, Peru on March 28, 1936. He studied literature and law at the National University of San Marcos and received a Ph.D from the University of Madrid in 1959. He is a writer, politician, and journalist. His works vary in genre from literary criticism and journalism to comedies, murder mysteries, historical show more novels, and political thrillers. His books include The Time of the Hero, The Green House, Conversation in the Cathedral, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, The Feast of the Goat, and The War of the End of the World. He has received numerous awards including the Rómulo Gallegos International Novel Prize, the Premio Leopoldo Alas in 1959, the Premio Biblioteca Breve in 1962, the Premio Planeta in 1993, the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 1994, the Jerusalem Prize in 1995, and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Libro amigo [Bruguera] (626)
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- Original publication date
- 1975 (original Spanish) (original Spanish); 1986 (English: Lane) (English: Lane)
- People/Characters
- Gustave Flaubert; Emma Bovary
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- Nonfiction, Literature Studies and Criticism, Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 843.8 — Literature & rhetoric French Literature French fiction Later 19th century 1848–1900
- LCC
- PQ2246 .M3 .V313 — Language and Literature French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literatures French literature Modern literature 19th century
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