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Dreyfus : politics, emotion, and the scandal of the century / Ruth Harris.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harris, Ruth, 1958-
- Standardized Title:
- Man on Devil's Island
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935.
- Dreyfus, Alfred.
- Scandals--France--History--19th century.
- Scandals.
- Trials (Treason)--Political aspects.
- History.
- Treason.
- Political culture.
- France--Politics and government--1870-1940.
- France.
- Politics and government.
- Political culture--France--History--19th century.
- Antisemitism--France--History--19th century.
- Antisemitism.
- Jews--France--Biography.
- Jews.
- Intellectuals--France--Biography.
- Intellectuals.
- Treason--France--History--19th century.
- Trials (Treason)--Political aspects--France--History--19th century.
- Trials (Treason).
- France--Intellectual life--19th century.
- Intellectual life.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Beitler, Lorraine (donor) (Dreyfus Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 541 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Metropolitan Books, 2010.
- Summary:
- Prizewinning historian Ruth Harris offers the first in-depth history of both sides in the 1894 Dreyfus Affair, showing how complex interlocking influences--tensions within the military, the clashing demands of justice and nationalism, and a tangled web of friendships and family connections--shaped both the coalition working to free Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus and the formidable alliances seeking to protect the reputation of the army that had convicted him.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Trial and errors
- Degradation
- Family and friends
- France, Germany, and the Jewish community
- The Alsatian connection
- Zola
- pt. 2. Intellectuals and anti-intellectuals
- The polemic begins
- Dreyfusard contradictions
- "Anti-intellectuals" : Catholics and the occult
- Dreyfusards and the Judaeo-Christian tradition
- Mother-love and nationalism : Maurice Barrès and Jules Soury
- pt. 3. Three movements and mystiques
- Anti-Dreyfusard movements and martyrology
- The Dreyfusard mystique
- Salonnières left and right
- Rightist illusions
- pt. 4. The end of the affair
- Alfred returns
- The trial and its aftermath
- Aftershocks
- Rehabilitation
- Epilogue
- Chronology
- Dramatis personae.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2010 as The man on Devil's Island by Allen Lane, London"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-524) and index.
- National Jewish Book Awards - Biography, Autobiography and Memoir, Winner, 2010
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Nichols fund bookplate.
- Dreyfus Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Lorraine Beitler.
- Dreyfus Collection copy has dust jacket.
- ISBN:
- 9780805074710
- 0805074716
- OCLC:
- 430839724
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