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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Inc
Publication date
December 1, 2003
Pages
192
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780393325096
ISBN-10
0393325091
Dimensions
0.50 by 4.75 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.40 lbs.
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$17.95
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Summary
Focusing on three literary masterpieces--Charles Dickens's Bleak House, Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary and Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks--the author of The Enlightenment explores the complex relationship between history and literature, reality and fiction, to reveal the essence of literary truth. Reprint.
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Typically, readers believe that fiction, especially the Realist novels that dominated Western culture for most of the nineteenth century and beyond, is based on historical truth and that great novels possess a documentary value. That trust, Gay brilliantly shows, is misplaced; novels take their own path to reality. Using Dickens, Flaubert, and Mann as his examples, Gay explores their world, their craftsmanship, and their minds. In the process, he discovers that all three share one overriding quality: a resentment and rage against the society that sustains the novel itself. Using their stylish writing as a form of revenge, they deal out savage reprisals, which have become part of our Western literary canon. A New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of 2002.
A revelatory work that examines the intricate relationship between history and literature, truth and fictionâwith some surprising conclusions.
Focusing on three literary masterpiecesâCharles Dickens's Bleak House (1853), Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary (1857), and Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks (1901)âPeter Gay, a leading cultural historian, demonstrates that there is more than one way to read a novel.Typically, readers believe that fiction, especially the Realist novels that dominated Western culture for most of the nineteenth century and beyond, is based on historical truth and that great novels possess a documentary value. That trust, Gay brilliantly shows, is misplaced; novels take their own path to reality. Using Dickens, Flaubert, and Mann as his examples, Gay explores their world, their craftsmanship, and their minds. In the process, he discovers that all three share one overriding quality: a resentment and rage against the society that sustains the novel itself. Using their stylish writing as a form of revenge, they deal out savage reprisals, which have become part of our Western literary canon. A New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of 2002.
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Reprint edition from W W Norton & Co Inc (December 1, 2003)
9780393325096 | details & prices | 192 pages | 4.75 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $17.95
About: Focusing on three literary masterpieces--Charles Dickens's Bleak House, Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary and Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks--the author of The Enlightenment explores the complex relationship between history and literature, reality and fiction, to reveal the essence of literary truth.
About: Focusing on three literary masterpieces--Charles Dickens's Bleak House, Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary and Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks--the author of The Enlightenment explores the complex relationship between history and literature, reality and fiction, to reveal the essence of literary truth.
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