1. Madame Bovary
... young age, leaving Delmare with many debts and a young child to rear. Eugene, like Charles, died shortly after his wife out of despair. Madame Bovary is written in the tradition of combining a realistic portrayal of society with a formalistic desire to create a new way of life in much the same ... this mediocre, country woman in a mundane, philistine life, shows that it is possible to write artistically about anything. A combination of naturalism and aestheticism, Madame Bovary is a work of "high art about low society"(Resch) that truly embodies the notion of art for art's sake. The bea...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate