The Politics of Publishing during the Second Empire: The Trial of “Madame Bovary” Revisited.

Issues of authorship and censorship in France's Second Empire raised by the trial of Madame Bovary are explored. On January 29, 1857, Gustave Flaubert, author of Madame Bovary, publisher Léon Laurent-Pichat, and printer Auguste-Alexis Pillet were charged with offending public morality and religion...

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Published in:	French Politics, Culture & Society Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 1 - 28
Main Author:	Haynes, Christine
Format:	Article
Published:	Berghahn Books Summer 2005
Subjects:	Madame Bovary [Novel]: Flaubert, Gustave History of censorship French history History of publishing Booksellers & bookselling History France
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost