Flaubert Postsecular: Modernity Crossed Out

by Barbara Vinken

Book Overview

By his national affiliation and choice of genre, French novelist Gustave Flaubert can be considered emblematic of modernity. This book showcases his specific and highly refined imaginary as at once unique and symptomatic of an era. In particular, it contributes to the controversial discussion of modernity's relation to religion. At a time when new religious fundamentalisms throughout the world are on the rise, this has only become a more pressing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080478065X
• ISBN13: 9780804780650
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"