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Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
Cologny
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Fondation Martin Bodmer
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
F-16.1
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
Gustave Flaubert, Le Chant de la Courtisane, autograph
Caption:
Caption
Paper · 4 pp. · 23 x 34.6 cm · 1851
Language:
Language
French
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
Despite visible erasures, this is the completed version of this untitled text, which consists of six paragraphs on two leaves, bound in red Morocco leather. At the earliest it was written by Flaubert during his voyage to the Orient (1849-1851) with his friend Maxime du Camp, although it seems more likely to date from his return to France in 1851, the moment he dedicated his life to writing. Later know by the title Le Chant de la Courtisane, this prose poem in a humorous tone was not published by Flaubert himself. Nonetheless, it sums up his challenges as a writer: the work shows the author’s fascination with Oriental culture and landscape, which he hopes to to reproduce in a realistic manner. A journal of his voyage, which records his observations and sensations and directly feeds his fictional work. The vocabulary reveals a certain erudition and a concern for accuracy, procedures which herald Salammbô. This manuscript, from the collection of Paul Voute (who had published a facsimile thereof in 1928), was purchased by Martin Bodmer at the Blaizot bookstore. (exq)
DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier
10.5076/e-codices-fmb-ms-Flaubert-F-016-001 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-fmb-ms-Flaubert-F-016-001)
Permanent link:
Permanent link
http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/fmb/ms-Flaubert-F-016-001
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How to quote:
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Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, F-16.1: Gustave Flaubert, Le Chant de la Courtisane, autograph (http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/fmb/ms-Flaubert-F-016-001).
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Online Since
06/22/2017
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Document Type:
Document Type
Autograph
Century:
Century
19th century
Dated:
Dated
1851
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