Part I: Introductory
1 Polemic and the Affair
The Issues behind the Polemic
Polemic and the Affair - A Chronology
2 Truth and Justice
The Devaluation
The Philosophical Debate
Weapons of Attack
Cartoons and Visual Polemic
The Aftermath
Part II: Methods
3 Plot Myths and Assertions of Certainty
Language and Imagery
Formulae of Certainty
A Further Aspect of the 'Plot' Myth: The 'Syndicat de Trahison'
4 Formulae of Popular Polemic
Metonymy
Dirt and Cleansing Repetition and 'Homeric' Epithets in Personal Abuse
Word Formulations: The Suffix '-ard'
Other Pejorative Formations and Phrases
'L'Armee de Conde' and Other War-cries
5 Techniques of Irony
Mockery of the Slogans of the Affair
Gohier and 'le parti de I'etranger' 'La Revanche'
Rochefort and 'le sabre et le goupillon'
6 Religious Imagery: The Power of Catholic Discourse
7 Attitudes to Personal Abuse
Violence and Vileness
A Libel: Zola the Thief's Son
A Libel: Drumont the Police Spy
A Libel: Clemenceau the British Agent Private and Public Attitudes: The Case of Barres
Part III: Three Individuals
8 Zola
The Affair: The Three Figaro Articles
'Lettre alajeunesse'
'Lettre ala France'
']'accuse'
The Aftermath
9 Leon Bloy and the Cliches of the Affair
The Affair as Sign
Scatology and Eschatology
The Unknown Visitor
10 Peguy's Attacks onJaures
The Natural Tone
and Complicity
The Attacks onjaures: 'L'Argent' and 'L'Argent
Litanies and Repetition with the Reader
The Attacks on Jaures: 'Notre jeunesse' (1910) suite' (1913)
