Germinal and Zola's philosophical and religious thought / Philip Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Philip D.

Series:

Purdue University monographs in Romance languages ; 14.

Purdue University monographs in Romance languages, 0165-8743 ; v. 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy in literature.

Religious thought--France--19th century.

Religious thought.

Zola, Émile, 1840-1902. Germinal.

Zola, Émile.

Zola, Émile, 1840-1902--Philosophy.

Zola, Émile, 1840-1902--Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 157 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1984.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Zola's masterpiece of working life, Germinal (1885), exposes the inhuman conditions of miners in northern France in the 1860's. By Zola's death in 1902 it had come to symbolize the call for freedom from oppression so forcefully that the crowd which gathered at his State funeral chanted ""Germinal! Germinal!"" While it is a dramatic novel of working life and everyday relationships, Germinal is also a complex novel of ideas, given fresh vigor and power in this new translation. It is also the thirteenth book in the Rougon-Macquart cycle, which celebrates its centenary in October 1993.

Contents:

GERMINAL AND ZOLA'S PHILOSOPHICAL AND RELIGIOUS THOUGHT; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; 1. The Factualistic, Positivistic Basis; 2. The Black Poem; 3. Pan; 4. The Geological Gospel; 5. Romantic Humanitarianism; 6. Life Continuing and Recommencing; 7. ""An Unprecedented Anarchy""; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-35930-8

9786613359308

90-272-7997-7

OCLC:

769342172