Brian Nelson (ed.)

The Cambridge Companion to Zola

Herausgeber: Nelson, Brian

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Produktbeschreibung

Emile Zola is a major literary figure of the nineteenth century. The essays in this volume focus on Zola's originality, his works, his life and times and his role in the Dreyfus Affair. The Companion also includes a chronology, summaries of all of Zola's novels and suggestions for further reading.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 362g
• ISBN-13: 9780521543767
• ISBN-10: 0521543762
• Artikelnr.: 22568354

Autorenporträt

Brian Nelson is Professor of French Studies at Monash University, Melbourne.

Inhaltsangabe

Chronology
Zola's novels: a summary
Family tree of the Rougon-Macquart
1. Zola and the nineteenth century Brian Nelson
2. Family histories and family plots Nicholas White
3. Zola and the representation of society Sandy Petrey
4. Questions of sexuality and gender Hannah Thompson
5. Zola and contemporary painting Robert Lethbridge
6. Zola and the art of fiction Chantal Pierre-Gnassounou
7.Thérèse Raquin: animal passion and the brutality of reading Susan Harrow
8. Nana: the world, the flesh and the devil Valerie Minogue
9. Germinal: the gathering storm David Baguley
10. La Bête humaine: the poetics of the unconscious Rae Beth Gordon
11. Zola's utopias Julia Przybos
12. 'J'accuse...!': Zola and the Dreyfus Affair Owen Morgan
Further reading and specialist resources.