Flaubert et la stéréographie française, 1850-1880

Flaubert was a strikingly visual writer, who needed « to see » what he evoked in words. Like a time capsule, French stereography from 1850 to 1880 captures for us his visual surroundings and his cultural context: a world of visual clichés that parallel his idées reçues: romantic plots, exotic locati...

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Main Author: Arden Reed
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Institut des Textes & Manuscrits Modernes (ITEM) 2014-12-01
Series:Flaubert: Revue Critique et Génétique
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/flaubert/2348
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Summary:Flaubert was a strikingly visual writer, who needed « to see » what he evoked in words. Like a time capsule, French stereography from 1850 to 1880 captures for us his visual surroundings and his cultural context: a world of visual clichés that parallel his idées reçues: romantic plots, exotic locations, erotic fantasies, people represented like objects and the reverse. Even for Flaubert—who « detests photographs », these stereographs « illlustrate » his texts.
ISSN:1969-6191