Flaubert in the Ruins of Paris: The Story of a Friendship, a Novel, and a Terrible Year
by:
Peter Brooks (author)
From the summer of 1870 through the spring of 1871, France suffered a humiliating defeat in its war against Prussia and witnessed bloody class warfare that culminated in the crushing of the Paris Commune. In Flaubert in the Ruins of Paris, Peter Brooks examines why Flaubert thought his recently...
show more
From the summer of 1870 through the spring of 1871, France suffered a humiliating defeat in its war against Prussia and witnessed bloody class warfare that culminated in the crushing of the Paris Commune. In Flaubert in the Ruins of Paris, Peter Brooks examines why Flaubert thought his recently published novel, Sentimental Education, was prophetic of the upheavals in Franc
show less
Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780465096022 (0465096026)
Publisher: Basic Books
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Log in with Facebook 
