Flaubert's trip to Greece

This publication shows Flaubert's interest in Greece Flaubert brought to Greece a personal mythology, whose interests and even structure needed Greece The pilgrimage to Greece was a quest for something relatively personal Flaubert seeking a homeland meant splendid things, contrasting with the greyness of the landscape of the French provinces. He wanted to bring Greece back to life, he had to restore it to himself and his readers, his experience of Greece in books and places and his language to express it would do the trick.