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Emile Zola: L'Assommoir

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Emile Zola: L'Assommoir
Authors and Contributors      By (author) David Baguley
SeriesLandmarks of World Literature
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:132
Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 128
Category/GenreLiterary studies - c 1800 to c 1900
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
ISBN/Barcode 9780521386029
ClassificationsDewey:843.8
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 3 May 2007
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book offers a variety of approaches to Zola's masterpiece, published amid considerable controversy in 1876-7. L'Assommoir (the tale of a Parisian washerwoman who after a hard life turns to drink and dies in abject poverty) is analysed as a social and political novel, as a representative work of literary naturalism, and in the context of its repercussions in the history of the novel. Professor Baguley investigates its complex and sometimes ambiguous themes, its literary structures and its technical innovativeness. He provides a synthesis of the best research and criticism of the novel together with insights into its interpretation. The biographical and historical context is given, and there is a guide to further reading.