Emile Zola is a towering literary figure of the nineteenth century. His main literary achievement was his twenty-volume novel cycle, Les Rougon-Macquart (1870–93). In this series he combines a novelist's skills with those of the investigative journalist to examine the social, sexual and moral landscape of the late nineteenth century in a way that scandalized bourgeois society. In 1898 Zola crowned his literary career with a political act, his famous open letter ('J'accuse…!') to the President of the French Republic in defence of Alfred Dreyfus. The essays in this volume offer readings of individual novels as well as analyses of Zola's originality, his representation of society, sexuality and gender, his relations with the painters of his time, his narrative art, and his role in the Dreyfus Affair. The Companion also includes a chronology, detailed summaries of all of Zola's novels, suggestions for further reading, and information about specialist resources.
| ISBN: | 9780521835947 |
| Publication date: | 15th February 2007 |
| Author: | Brian Emeritus Professor, Monash University, Victoria Nelson |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 246 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Companions to Literature |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers |
Emile Zola is a towering literary figure of the nineteenth century. His main literary achievement was his twenty-volume novel cycle, Les Rougon-Macquart (1870–93). In this series he combines a novelist's skills with those of the investigative journalist to examine the social, sexual and moral landscape of the late nineteenth century in a way that scandalized bourgeois society. In 1898 Zola crowned his literary career with a political act, his famous open letter ('J'accuse…!') to the President of the French Republic in defence of Alfred Dreyfus. The essays in this volume offer readings of individual novels as well as analyses of Zola's originality, his representation of society, sexuality and gender, his relations with the painters of his time, his narrative art, and his role in the Dreyfus Affair. The Companion also includes a chronology, detailed summaries of all of Zola's novels, suggestions for further reading, and information about specialist resources.
The Cambridge Companion to Zola features in the following genres: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
The Cambridge Companion to Zola is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Cambridge Companion to Zola was written by Brian Emeritus Professor, Monash University, Victoria Nelson and published by Cambridge University Press
The Cambridge Companion to Zola has 246 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Companions to Literature series
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