CRITICISM

Cervo, Nathan A. “Flaubert's ‘Un Coeur Simple.’” Explicator 55, no. 2 (winter 1997): 80-1.

Refutes Andrea Greenbaum's argument that “Un Coeur simple” is a satire is incorrect, as it fails to stress Flaubert's theme of “simple love.”

Greenbaum, Andrea. “Flaubert's ‘Un Coeur Simple.’” Explicator 53, no. 4 (summer 1995): 208-11.

States that “Un Coeur simple” is “a monumental satire.”

Reynolds, James M. “Flaubert's ‘Un Coeur Simple.’” Explicator 55, no. 1 (fall 1996): 26-8.

Notes the presence of humor, hyperbolic exaggeration, and satire in “Un Coeur simple.”

Stipa, Ingrid. “Desire, Repetition and the Imaginary in Flaubert's ‘Un Coeur simple.’” Studies in Short Fiction 31, no. 4 (fall 1994): 617-26.

Follows the narrative strategy of irony, repetition, desire, and imaginary reality in “Un Coeur simple.”

Additional coverage of Flaubert's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 119; DISCovering Authors: British Edition; DISCovering Authors: Canadian Edition; DISCovering Authors Modules: Most-studied Authors and Novelists; DISCovering Authors 3.0; European Writers, Vol. 7; Exploring Short Stories; Guide to French Literature, 1789 to the Present; Literature and Its Times, Vol. 2; Literature Resource Center; Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Vols. 2, 10, 19, 62, 66; Novels for Students, Vol. 14; Reference Guide to Short Fiction, Ed. 2; Reference Guide to World Literature, Eds. 2, 3; Short Stories for Students, Vol. 6; Short Story Criticism, Vol. 11; Twayne's World Authors; and World Literature Criticism.