Madame Bovary

图书标准信息

• 作者 Gustave Flaubert（古斯塔夫·福楼拜） 著；Lowell Bair 译；Leo Bersani（利奥·贝尔萨尼） 绘
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 1982-06
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553213416
• 定价 25.40元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 512页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Thisexquisitenoveltellsthestoryofoneofthemostcompellingheroinesinmodernliterature--EmmaBovary.Unhappilymarriedtoadevoted,clumsyprovincialdoctor,Emmarevoltsagainsttheordinarinessofherlifebypursuingvoluptuousdreamsofecstasyandlove.Buthersensuousandsentimentaldesiresleadheronlytosufferingcorruptionanddownfall.Abrilliantpsychologicalportrait,MadameBovarysearinglydepictsthehumanmindinsearchoftranscendence.WhoisMadameBovary?Flaubert'sanswertothisquestionwassuperb:"MadameBovary,c'estmoi."Acclaimedasamasterpieceuponitspublicationin1857,theworkcatapultedFlauberttotheranksoftheworld'sgreatestnovelists.Thisvolume,withitsfinetranslationbyLowellBair,aperceptiveintroductionbyLeoBersani,andacompletesupplementofessaysandcriticalcomments,istheindispensableMadameBovary.

【作者简介】

ThegreatFrenchnovelistwasborninRouenin1821,sonofadistinguishedsurgeon.Hestudiedlawbriefly,butin1844hewasstruckwithepilepsy–itwasthefirstofaseriesofviolentfitsthatfilledFlaubert'slifewithapprehensionanddrovehimtoleadahermit'slife.Havingbeenattractedtoliteratureatanearlyage,hesoonturnedhisentireattentiontowriting.Hisfirstnovel,MadameBovary,woninstantfameuponhispublicationin1857:Flaubertwassuedfor"immorality,"butwaslateracquitted.

Anavidtraveler,hisfundamentallyromanticnaturerevelingintheexotic,FlaubertwenttoTunisiatoresearchhissecondnovel,Salammbo(1862).BothSalammboandTheSentimentalEducation(1869)werepoorlyreceived,andFlaubert'sgeniuswasnotpubliclyrecognizeduntilhismasterfulThreeTales(1877).Amonghisliterarypeers,hisreputationwasextraordinary,andheformedlastingfriendshipswithTurgenev,GeorgeSand,andtheGoncourtbrothers.

Despitehisreputationasamasterofrealists,hewasnotfundamentallyarealisticnovelist.Flaubert'saimwastoachievearigidlyobjectiveformofart,presentedinthemostperfectform.Hisobsessionwithhiscraftislegendary:hecouldworksevenhoursaday,manydaysonend,onasinglepage,tryingtoattunehisstyletohisidealofbalancedharmony,seekingalwayslemotjuste.

In1875Flaubertsacrificedhismodestfortunetohelphisniece,Caroline,andasaresulthislastyearsweremarkedbyfinancialworryandbitterisolation.HediedsuddenlyinMay,1880,leavinghislastwork,BouvardandPécuchetunfinished.

【目录】

INTRODUCTl0N

Dedication

MADAME BOVARY

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

CRITlCAL SUPPLEMENT

The Novelist On HisArt

CONTEMPORARY VIEWS

Emile Zola：Gustave Flaubert

Guy de Maupassant：Essay on Gustave Flaubert

Henry James：Gustave Flaubert

MODERN CRITICAL CoMMENT

HarryLevin：MadameBovary

The Cathedral andthe Hospital

ErichAuerbach：Realism in Madame Bovary

Victor Brombert：Pattern of Imagery

Her Dreams TooHigh，Her House Too Narrow

Martin Turnell：TheWeaknessesofMadameBovary

Jean-Paul Sartre：Class Consciousness in Flaubert

GErard Genette：Flaubert's Silerices

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY