Perhaps intended as a companion to his final, unfinished novel bouvard and pecuchet, this compilation was the result of a lifetime of collecting the absurd and the cliched with darkly humorous explanations. Dictionary of accepted ideas new directions publishing. Hes most well known for his novel madame bovary, and for his desire to write a book. Buy dictionary of accepted ideas rev ed by flaubert, gustave, barzun, jacques isbn. The dictionary of accepted ideas also published as received ideas reads as an encyclopedic compendium of cliches, misconceptions, platitudes and absurdities. Flaubert, gustave dictionary of accepted ideas 1954. Gustave flaubert started to collect received ideas at the age. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read dictionary of accepted ideas. Flaubert has a way of stating these facts that holds them up to the light of his brilliant ridicule. Flaubert, gustave dictionary of accepted ideas 1954 free download as pdf file. While flaubert created characters who become mouthpieces for received ideas, he also collected examples of received ideas and compiled them into a sort of dictionary arranged alphabetically by.
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