Crimes Ecrits: La Litterature En Proces Au XIXe Siecle - Paperback

by Yvan Leclerc (Author)

In 1857, Madame Bovary and Les Fleurs du mal were taken to court. Throughout the nineteenth century, many other books were subject to legal proceedings for "offense against public and religious morals and decency." What happens when the criminal code collides with aesthetic codes?