E-raamat: Flaubert

Michel Winock has written a great biography, bringing Flaubert down from his stylistic Olympus, to paint a portrait of a character grounded in history, pulsating with blood and life. -- Grégoire Kauffmann * LExpress * Winock is a first rate historian, with a fine literary sensibility. This is an intelligent book, rich in references to contemporary opinions, containing lively evocations of literary figures, friends, and political events. -- Victor Brombert, Princeton University Well-researched, elegantly written, and particularly good in discussing Flaubert's work as well as his life. -- Roger Pearson, University of Oxford Noted French historian Winocks biography succeeds in presenting a fresh portrait of a man plagued by paradoxesWinock provides absorbing background related to the countrys social and political scenes that occurred during his subjects lifetime. -- Erica Swenson Danowitz * Library Journal * It is stately and plump, like its subject, as well as thought-provoking. To be sure, [ others] have in recent decades produced English-language biographies of Flaubert, but Winock has the depth of knowledge and familiarity with Flauberts times to add something new. -- Benjamin Ivry * Literary Review * This generous study ingeniously builds a narrative around Flauberts own wordsfrom not only the novels but also voluminous correspondence and unpublished work. Adding light background and analysis, Winock allows the mind of the Master to shine. * New Yorker * Winocks many quotations from Flauberts early writingshis Memoirs of a Madman, written at school, his letters, Intimate Notebook, and [ November]will be a revelation to those, like me, who knew only the masterpiecesWinock, a historian by profession, is excellent at building up the political context of Flauberts life, particularly the back and forth between liberal revolution and reactionary repression. -- Tim Parks * London Review of Books * The present volume offers a remarkable portrait of the life of a man in his century. [ Winock] provide[ s] a brilliant, sweeping view of the 19th century that allows for a far better understanding of both the major developments of the period (triumph of the bourgeoisie, industrialization, shift from constitutional monarchy to democratic republic) and the tangled life of the Janus-faced, conservative anarchist who was Flaubert. -- C. B. Kerr * Choice * Winocks achievement is to treat [ Flauberts] works themselves with clarity and insightThis is a compelling account of a writer who, Winock reminds us, has become an unavoidable reference in literary history. -- Kate Rees * Times Literary Supplement * What [ Winocks] biography really affirms is that practically all of the life in Flaubert is to be found in his work. This he documents with care, industry and insight. His discussions of the novels and letters are especially valuable and informative, and offer a suggestive sense of the ways in which his subjects character relates to and informs his work. Flaubert would often ask himself why mans heart felt so big when life felt so small. This book comes close to supplying an answer. -- Matthew Adams * Irish Times * Others, like myself, will be grateful that it places Flaubert within the fevered history of his time. -- Peter Brooks * New York Review of Books * It is precisely the historical background of Flauberts times, both its conscious and its invisible impingements on the writers sensibility, on which Winock is especially revelatoryMichel Winock has written a compelling and stylish biography, and Nicholas Elliott has brought it into English with flair and skill. -- Bruce Whiteman * Hudson Review * Winock distinguishes himself as a biographer in his clear-­eyed analysis of the fiction within its politically convulsive historical contextWinock [ has a] readable style and talent for the great historical overview. In this way his biography can be welcomed by dedicated Flaubertians and twittering dilettantes alike. -- Gregory Day * The Australian * [ An] excellent new biography. -- Leo Robson * New Statesman *