Émile Zola
A Determined Life
$51.99
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2025
Summary
Émile Zola is widely regarded as one of the world’s greatest writers, whose reputation was reinforced by his historic intervention in the Dreyfus Affair.
This book explores Zola’s life and work and the ways in which these were determined by the traumatic history of his times. From humble beginnings, Zola’s life was marked by the determination to succeed. Robert Lethbridge traces his development as a writer, including Zola’s earliest texts and his novel-cycles, and further shows how Zo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781836390176 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1836390173 |
| Author: | Robert Lethbridge |
| Publisher: | Reaktion Books |
| Imprint: | Reaktion Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 624g |
| Dimensions: | 34mm x 425mm x 170mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
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– “Choice Magazine: CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Awards”“This is an enlightening, carefully argued, richly documented, and timely biography by a lifelong Zola specialist. Essential.”
– “Choice”“Lethbridge’s evocative, deeply felt biography is a tour de force of the biographical genre and a consummate study of the entanglements of Zola’s extraordinary life and his work. Through his nuanced plotting of the autobiographical, contextual, literary, and political determinants of his complex, often conflicted subject, Lethbridge illuminates the life trajectory of this iconic figure.”–Susan Harrow, Ashley Watkins Chair of French, University of BristolAbout The Author
Robert Lethbridge
Robert Lethbridge is a Life Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and Emeritus Professor of French Language and Literature at the University of London. He is currently Hon. Professor at the University of St Andrews. His books include Zola’s Painters (2022). He lives in Fife, Scotland.
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