The view was supported in France by Baudelaire and flaubert, and by later schools like the Symbolists.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
There was hostility to the poetry in the novels of Balzac, flaubert and Zola, because the public did not want to accept their artistic innovations, their frankness and their views.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
"Just because of that reason, dear madame," I soothingly said; "because reticence is art's brightest crown; because Zola never gives us a real human document and flaubert does; and the difference is a difference of method.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker