{"product_id":"9781853992872","title":"Zola: Thérèse Raquin","description":"\u003ch3\u003eFrench Texts\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eZola: Thérèse Raquin\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEmile Zola | Brian Nelson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeign Language Study \/ French\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gothic tale of murder and adultery, Thérèse Raquin was denounced as\u003cbr\u003epornography on its publication in 1867. \"Putrid literature\" was how\u003cbr\u003eLouis Ulbach described the novel in a contemporary review. Zola\u003cbr\u003edefended himself against these attacks in his preface to the second\u003cbr\u003eedition, in which he outlined his aim to produce a new, \"scientific\"\u003cbr\u003eform of realism. The novel marks a crucial step in Zola's development\u003cbr\u003eand is a major early work of Naturalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his introduction to\u003cbr\u003eThérèse Raquin, Brian Nelson places the novel in its cultural,\u003cbr\u003eintellectual and artistic contexts, and compares Zola's scientific aims\u003cbr\u003ewith his actual practice in this work. The scientific status of\u003cbr\u003eNaturalist fiction remains problematic; in the final analysis it is\u003cbr\u003einfluenced by literary models and conventions. Zola's powerful\u003cbr\u003emythopoeic imagination does much to counteract the mechanistic view of\u003cbr\u003ehumanity the novel was intended to embody. The myth of the fall is,\u003cbr\u003eindeed, fundamental to Zola's Naturalistic vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Nelson is currently Professor of French at Monash University,\u003cbr\u003eMelbourne, Australia. He is the author of several other books on Zola,\u003cbr\u003eincluding Emile Zola: A Selective Analytical Bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 January 1998\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBristol Classical Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781853992872\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370576183436,"sku":"9781853992872","price":29.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781853992872","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}