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Porter, Laurence M., ed. A Gustave Flaubert Encyclopedia.(Book Review)

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From: Nineteenth-Century French Studies
Date: 20030922
Author:Ramazani, Vaheed

Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2001. Pp. 380. ISBN 0-313-30744-X

Laurence Porter and a hard-working team of Flaubert scholars have accomplished the daunting task of assembling an encyclopedia devoted to Flaubert's life and literary works. The book will be a valuable resource for Flaubert specialists as well as for students and nonspecialists. Entries treat not only Flaubert's major works but also his unpublished projects and juvenilia. Historical and biographical information features prominently, and includes places (e.g., Rouen, Croisset, Paris, Trouville), events ...

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