Richard Griffiths

The Use of Abuse (eBook, ePUB)

The Polemics of the Dreyfus Affair and Its Aftermath

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, which closely examines the techniques used by the polemists of the Dreyfus Affair, much is learned not only about the Mair itself, but also about the polemic of the age in which it was situated, and the interaction between writers and their public.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000323115
• Artikelnr.: 60860636

Autorenporträt

Richard Griffiths is Professor of French at King's College London.

Inhaltsangabe

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)