Letters of Gustave Flaubert and John E. Woods

An acknowledged master of translation, Francis Steegmuller has given us by far the most generous and varied selection of Flaubert's letters in English. He presents these with an engrossing narrative that places them in the context of the writer's life and times. Throughout this exposition in Flaubert's own words of his views on life, literature, and the passions, readers of his novels will be powerfully reminded of the fertility of his genius, and delighted by his poetic enthusiasm. Flaubert's letters are documents of life and art; lovers of literature and of the literary adventure can rejoice in this edition.Flaubert, Gustave is the author of 'Letters of Gustave Flaubert and John E. Woods' with ISBN 9780674526419 and ISBN 0674526414.