The Cambridge companion to Zola / edited by Brian Nelson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nelson, Brian, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zola, Émile, 1840-1902--Criticism and interpretation.

Zola, Émile.

Zola, Émile, 1840-1902.

Novelists, French--19th century.

Novelists, French.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 214 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Cambridge companion to Emile Zola

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Summary:

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). These newly commissioned essays 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.

Contents:

Zola's novels: a summary xi

Family tree of the Rougon-Macquart xix

1 Zola and the nineteenth century / Brian Nelson 1

2 Family histories and family plots / Nicholas White 19

3 Zola and the representation of society / Sandy Petrey 39

4 Questions of sexuality and gender / Hannah Thompson 53

5 Zola and contemporary painting / Robert Lethbridge 67

6 Zola and the art of fiction / Chantal Pierre-Gnassounou 86

7 Therese Raquin: animal passion and the brutality of reading / Susan Harrow 105

8 Nana: the world, the flesh and the devil / Valerie Minogue 121

9 Germinal: the gathering storm / David Baguley 137

10 La Bete humaine: Zola and the poetics of the unconscious / Rae Beth Gordon 152

11 Zola's Utopias / Julia Przybos 169

12 'J'accuse...!': Zola and the Dreyfus Affair / Owen Morgan 188.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-210) and index.

ISBN:

0521835941

9780521835947

0521543762

9780521543767

OCLC:

74523184