Madame Bovary
La pubblicazione di Madame Bovary ha creato il primo e più clamoroso caso di intervento censorio pubblico ai danni di un’opera moderna: insieme al successo, infatti, lo scrittore ottenne una incriminazione per oltraggio alla morale pubblica e alla religione, da cui, peraltro, fu assolto. La sua...
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La pubblicazione di Madame Bovary ha creato il primo e più clamoroso caso di intervento censorio pubblico ai danni di un’opera moderna: insieme al successo, infatti, lo scrittore ottenne una incriminazione per oltraggio alla morale pubblica e alla religione, da cui, peraltro, fu assolto. La sua Emma è diventata immediatamente il simbolo del disagio e dell’insofferenza borghese: vittima di una sorta di “vampirismo” che le procura appetiti e desideri sempre crescenti e un’infelicità sempre più vorticosa, è destinata a soccombere alla sua stessa smaniosa irrequietezza.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9788854165212 (8854165212)
Publisher: Newton Compton
Pages no: 320
Edition language: Italian
Monstrously selfish woman damages everything of value in her life and everyone who loves her. I found it surprisingly modern and easy to read - I practically zoomed through it. The writing is delicious and the humor is wicked. I'm only sorry that it took me so long to get around to reading it.
I understand why this book was so scandalous at the time it came out. It dared to voice the fears of many women at the time (I would go so far as to say the majority of poor and working class women). Emma, while not a likable character, was trapped by society's expectations, which to some extent m...
I decided to pick up this book after a friend of mine saw a television adaptation of what he said was regarded as the most perfect novel ever written. Intrigued, I offered to read it with him and we both quickly acquired copies. Now that I've finished it I question the appellation. It may be a sub...
My first impression of this book was that it was simply about a woman that was really bored and that Flaubert was a genius in that he was able to write such an enthralling book about such a dry topic - but the book goes a lot deeper than that, and to say that Emma's only flaw is that she is bored is...
9 years ago
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