Flaubert and the Gift of Speech: Dialogue and Discourse in Four "Modern" Novels (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521111522)

This is the first book-length study of Flaubert's use of dialogue, an important but neglected component of his fictional texts. Professor Haig's starting point is Sartre's observation that 'Flaubert does not believe that we speak: we are spoken'. Dialogue in Flaubert does not attempt to represent an individual style but to circumscribe a larger phenomenon of language. Speech defines man both in the sense that it describes him as a set of human characteristics, and inscribes him within a system of social values. The author explores the development of Flaubert's use of dialogue in Madame Bovary, L'Education Sentimentale (both versions), and Bouvard et P cuchet.

Author: Stirling Haig
ISBN-10: 0521111528
ISBN-13: 9780521111522
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/07/2009
Pages: 212
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.48d