9789042030640 - Explosive Narratives.: Terrorism and Anarchy in the Works of Emile Zola. (Faux Titre, 350, Band 350) von Febles, Eduardo A (3 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Paperback Edition. Paperback. Text in English and French. Explosive Narratives. Couple of marks to edge. This book explores the genealogy of modern day terrorisim through a close study of the anarchist figure in three of Emile Zola's novels: Germinal, Paris and Travail. The study lings the crisis of representation registered at the end of the 19th century with the rise of terrorisim embodied in the bomb-throwing anarchist. It thereby traces Zola's evolving thoughts on anarchy from the terrorist to the humanitarian reformer, from class warfare to a peaceful artisan commune, from a nuaturalist depicition of an elusive reality artisan commune, from a naturalist depiction of an elusive reality to a utopian writing fleeing the contingencies of the historical. The volume brings together aesthetic, political, urban, and scientific debates of Belle Epoque France and it will thus be of great interest not only to Zola scholars, but also to students of the later 19th century politics and art. 198 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Explosive Narratives: Terrorism and Anarchy in the Works of Emile Zola explores the genealogy of modern day terrorism through a close study of the anarchist figure in three of Emile Zola's novels: Germinal, Paris, and Travail. The study links the crisis of representation registered at the end of the 19th century with the rise of terrorism embodied in the bomb-throwing anarchist. It thereby traces Zola's evolving thoughts on anarchy from the terrorist to the humanitarian reformer, from class warfare to a peaceful artisan commune, from a naturalist depiction of an elusive reality to a utopian writing fleeing the contingencies of the historical. The volume brings together aesthetic, political, urban, and scientific debates of Belle Epoque France and it will thus be of great interest not only to Zola scholars, but also to students of late 19th-century politics and art.