When I read Madam Bovary several years ago, I couldn’t get Don Quixote out of my head. Flaubert read Cervantes’ novel when he was a young man and he was profoundly influenced by it.
The connection between the two authors is an interesting one. Well worth a read is “Flaubert and Don Quijote: How Cervantes influenced Madame Bovary” by Soled…
When I read Madam Bovary several years ago, I couldn’t get Don Quixote out of my head. Flaubert read Cervantes’ novel when he was a young man and he was profoundly influenced by it.
The connection between the two authors is an interesting one. Well worth a read is “Flaubert and Don Quijote: How Cervantes influenced Madame Bovary” by Soledad Fox, a Professor of Comparative Literature at Williams College.
When I read Madam Bovary several years ago, I couldn’t get Don Quixote out of my head. Flaubert read Cervantes’ novel when he was a young man and he was profoundly influenced by it.
The connection between the two authors is an interesting one. Well worth a read is “Flaubert and Don Quijote: How Cervantes influenced Madame Bovary” by Soledad Fox, a Professor of Comparative Literature at Williams College.
A review of the book can be found here,
https://theberkshireedge.com/book-review-flaubert-and-don-quijote-how-cervantes-influenced-madame-bovary/