The Cambridge Companion to Zola

The essays in this volume focus on Zola's works, his life and times and his role in the Dreyfus Affair.

Brian Nelson (Edited by)

9780521543767, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 15 February 2007

246 pages

15.6 x 22.5 x 1.4 cm, 0.4 kg

'\u2026 a highly readable collection of essays. \u2026 The collection is both a solid introduction to Zola and his work for those new to the field and an enjoyable read for those who are already familiar with Zola scholarship.' The French Review

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\u201393). In this series he combines a novelist's skills with those of the investigative journalist to examine the social, sexual and moral landscape of the late nineteenth century in a way that scandalized bourgeois society. In 1898 Zola crowned his literary career with a polit]