His Excellency Eugène Rougon / Émile Zola ; translated with an introduction and notes by Brian Nelson.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Zola, Émile, 1840-1902, author.

Contributor:

• Nelson, Brian, 1946- translator.

Series:

• Zola, Émile, 1840-1902. English (Oxford University Press) ; Rougon-Macquart. 6th.
• Rougon-Macquart series ; sixth novel
• Oxford world's classics paperback
• Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Standardized Title:

• Son Excellence Eugène Rougon. English (Nelson)

Language:

• English
• French

Subjects (All):

• Political fiction, French--19th century.
• Political fiction, French.
• Politics and government.
• France--Politics and government--1852-1870--Fiction.
• France.

Genre:

• Fiction.
• Political fiction.
• Novels.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 343 pages : genealogical table ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Language Note:

In English; translated from the French.

Summary:

"His Excellency Eugène Rougon (1876) is the sixth novel in Zola's twenty-volume Rougon-Macquart cycle. A political novel set in the corridors of power and in the upper echelons of French Second Empire society, including the Imperial court, it focuses on the fluctuating fortunes of the authoritarian Eugène Rougon, the "vice-Emperor." But it is more than just a chronicle. It plunges the reader into the essential dynamics of the political: the rivalries, the scheming, the jockeying for position, the ups and downs, the play of interests, the lobbying and gossip, the patronage and string-pulling, the bribery and blackmail, and, especially, the manipulation of language for political purposes. The novel's themes--especially its treatment of political discourse--have remarkable contemporary resonance. His Excellency Eugène Rougon is about politics everywhere."--Amazon.com

Contents:

• Introduction
• Translator's Note
• Select Bibliography
• A Chronology of Émile Zola
• Family Tree of Rougon-Macquart. HIS EXCELLENCY EUGÈNE ROUGON. Explanatory Notes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxvii-xxviii).

Related Work:

Translation of: Zola, Émile, 1840-1902. Son Excellence Eugène Rougon.

ISBN:

• 9780198748250
• 0198748256

OCLC:

1032314502

Publisher Number:

99980816039