His Excellency Eugne Rougon by Emile Zola (English) Paperback Book

Description: His Excellency Eugne Rougon by Emile Zola, Brian Nelson His Excellency Eugène Rougon is the sixth in Zolas famous Rougon-Macquart series of novels. Here, the novel presents a detailed picture of court and political circles during the Second Empire, satirizing the corruption and cronyism at its heart. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description He loved power for powers sake . . . He was without question the greatest of the Rougons. His Excellency Eugène Rougon (1876) is the sixth novel in Zolas twenty-volume Rougon-Macquart cycle. A political novel set in the corridors of power and in the upper échelons of French Second Empire society, including the Imperial court, it focuses on the fluctuating fortunes of the authoritarian EugèneRougon, the vice-Emperor. But it is more than just a chronicle. It plunges the reader into the essential dynamics of the political: the rivalries, the scheming, the jockeying for position, the ups and downs, the play of interests, the lobbying andgossip, the patronage and string-pulling, the bribery and blackmail, and, especially, the manipulation of language for political purposes. The novels themes-especially its treatment of political discourse-have remarkable contemporary resonance. His Excellency Eugène Rougon is about politics everywhere. Author Biography Brian Nelson is Emeritus Professor (French Studies and Translation Studies) at Monash University, Melbourne, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. He has been editor of the Australian Journal of French Studies since 2002. His publications include The Cambridge Companion to Zola (CUP, 20017), Zola and the Bourgeoisie (Palgrave Macmillan, 1983), and translations of Earth, The Fortune of the Rougons,The Belly of Paris, The Kill, Pot Luck, and The Ladies Paradise for Oxford Worlds Classics. He was awarded the New South Wales Premiers Prize for Translation in 2015. His most recent critical work is The Cambridge Introduction to FrenchLiterature (CUP, 2015). Review It is easy to savor certain installments in isolation [...] But to read through the Rougon-Macquart in Oxfords fine new translations - fourteen of the twenty volumes retranslated since 2000, seven in the last four years - is to see the mosaic that only Zolas full scheme makes possible. * Aaron Matz, The New York Review of Books *Im going to celebrate the 21st century with a re-read of His Excellency Eugène Rougon. * Swiftly Tilting Planet * Long Description He loved power for powers sake . . . He was without question the greatest of the Rougons. His Excellency Eug Review Quote "It is easy to savor certain installments in isolation [...] But to read through the Rougon-Macquart in Oxfords fine new translations - fourteen of the twenty volumes retranslated since 2000, seven in the last four years - is to see the mosaic that only Zolas full scheme makes possible." -- Aaron Matz, The New York Review of Books "Im going to celebrate the 21st century with a re-read of His Excellency Eugne Rougon." -- Swiftly Tilting Planet Feature The first modern translation for more than fifty years and the first critical edition of His Excellency Eug Details ISBN0198748256 Author Brian Nelson Series Oxford Worlds Classics Language English Year 2018 ISBN-10 0198748256 ISBN-13 9780198748250 Format Paperback Publisher Oxford University Press Imprint Oxford University Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1932 Death 1902 Pages 384 Media Book DEWEY 843.8 Publication Date 2018-04-26 UK Release Date 2018-04-26 NZ Release Date 2018-04-26 Edited by Lesley McAra Affiliation Chair of Penology, University of Edinburgh Position Chair of Penology Qualifications PhD Audience General AU Release Date 2018-05-09 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:123735970;

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