02985nam 2200589 a 450 991045780780332120200520144314.01-283-35864-6978661335864690-272-7775-3(CKB)2550000000074275(EBL)805789(OCoLC)769342197(SSID)ssj0000822942(PQKBManifestationID)11482314(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000822942(PQKBWorkID)10760646(PQKB)11741431(MiAaPQ)EBC805789(Au-PeEL)EBL805789(CaPaEBR)ebr10517150(CaONFJC)MIL335864(EXLCZ)99255000000007427519910906d1991 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFlaubert's straight and suspect saints[electronic resource] the unity of Trois contes /Aimée Israel-PelletierAmsterdam ;Philadelphia John Benjamins Pub. Co.19911 online resource (178 p.)Purdue University monographs in Romance languages,0165-8743 ;v. 36Description based upon print version of record.1-55619-300-9 90-272-1757-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-161) and index.FLAUBERT'S STRAIGHT AND SUSPECT SAINTS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Meaning and Character in Flaubert; 1. The Trois contes; 2. The Women of Pont-l'Evêqueque: A Subversive Sorority; 3. Murdering the Father: Re-writing the Legend of Saint Julien l'Hospitalier; 4. Reading the Landscape of Desire and Writing; Conclusion: Straight and Suspect Texts: A Poetics of Transgression; Notes; Bibliography and Selected Works on Trois contes; IndexIsrael Pelletier argues that Trois contes demands a different kind of reading which distinguishes it from Madame Bovary and other Flaubert texts. By the time he wrote this late work, Flaubert's attitude toward his characters and the role of fiction had changed to accommodate different social, political, and literary pressures. He constructed two opposing levels of meaning for each of the stories, straight and ironic, which produced a more fruitful way of addressing some of his concerns and assumptions about language and illusion. Included in this study are a provocative feministPurdue University monographs in Romance languages ;v. 36.Narration (Rhetoric)History19th centuryElectronic books.Narration (Rhetoric)History843/.8Israel-Pelletier Aimée982489MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457807803321Flaubert's straight and suspect saints2258579UNINA