Research Catalog

Title

His Excellency Eugène Rougon / Émile Zola ; translated with an introduction and notes by Brian Nelson.

Author

Zola, Émile, 1840-1902

Publication

• Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
• ©2018

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Details

Additional Authors

Nelson, Brian, 1946-

Description

xxxi, 343 pages : genealogical table; 20 cm

Summary

"His Excellency Eugène Rougon (1876) is the sixth novel in Zola's twenty-volume Rougon-Macquart cycle. A political novel set in the corridors of power and in the upper echelons of French Second Empire society, including the Imperial court, it focuses on the fluctuating fortunes of the authoritarian Eugène Rougon, 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 and gossip, the patronage and string-pulling, the bribery and blackmail, and, especially, the manipulation of language for political purposes. The novel's themes--especially its treatment of political discourse--have remarkable contemporary resonance. His Excellency Eugène Rougon is about politics everywhere." -- Amazon.com

Series Statement

• Rougon-Macquart series ; sixth novel
• Oxford world's classics
• Zola, Émile, 1840-1902. Rougon-Macquart. English (Oxford University Press) ; 6th.

Uniform Title

• Son Excellence Eugn̈e Rougon. English
• Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Alternative Title

Son Excellence Eugn̈e Rougon.

Subject

• 1800-1899
• Political fiction, French > 19th century
• Political fiction, French
• Politics and government
• France > Politics and government > 1852-1870 > Fiction
• France

Genre/Form

Fiction.

Note

• Originally published as: Son Excellence Eugn̈e Rougon. France : Charpentier, 1876.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages xxvii-xxviii).

Language (note)

• Translated to English from French.

Contents

Introduction -- Translator's Note -- Select Bibliography -- A Chronology of Émile Zola -- Family Tree of Rougon-Macquart. HIS EXCELLENCY EUGÈNE ROUGON. Explanatory Notes.

Call Number

JFD 18-4417

ISBN

• 0198748256
• 9780198748250

LCCN

2017955561

OCLC

1032314502

Author

Zola, Émile, 1840-1902, author.

Title

His Excellency Eugène Rougon / Émile Zola ; translated with an introduction and notes by Brian Nelson.

Publisher

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Rougon-Macquart series ; sixth novel

Oxford world's classics

Zola, Émile, 1840-1902. Rougon-Macquart. English (Oxford University Press) ; 6th.

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxvii-xxviii).

Language

Translated to English from French.

Chronological Term

1800-1899

Added Author

Nelson, Brian, 1946- translator.

Research Call Number

JFD 18-4417