Madame Bovary on Trial

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Categories: Europe, European, France, General, History, Law, Legal History, Literary Criticism Tag: Dominick Lacapra

In 1857, following the publication of Madame Bovary, Flaubert was charged with having committed an outrage to public morality and religion.
Dominick LaCapra, an intellectual historian with wide-ranging literary interests, here examines this remarkable trial. LaCapra draws on material from Flaubert’s correspondence, the work of literary critics, and Jean-Paul Sartre’s analysis of Flaubert. LaCapra maintains that Madame Bovary is at the intersection of the traditional and the modern novel, simultaneously invoking conventional expectations and subverting them.