Project Gutenberg 2008-06-05 Public domain in the USA. 124 Faguet, Émile 1847 1916 Faguet, Emile Faguet, Auguste-Émile Zola E-text prepared by Gerard Arthus, Rénald Lévesque, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Zola" by Émile Faguet is a critical examination of the literary work of the renowned French author Émile Zola, written in the early 20th century. This book serves as a biography and literary critique, focusing specifically on Zola's contributions and impact on literature over a career that spanned nearly forty years, from the early 1860s until his death in 1902. Faguet delves into the nature of Zola's writings, emphasizing their thematic qualities and stylistic choices, which reflect a significant, though often contentious, evolution within the literary landscape of the time. In this analysis, Faguet evaluates Zola's work through various lenses, noting how his early influences and eventual embrace of naturalism led to a distinctive style that emphasized descriptions of social conditions and human behavior. He categorizes Zola's career into three distinct phases, detailing his growth from a youthful Romantic to a more deliberate and ambitious writer with the "Rougon-Macquart" series. Despite Zola's popularity and notoriety, Faguet remains critical of his often grotesque portrayals of humanity, arguing that they lack psychological depth and complexity. As Faguet concludes, while Zola's forceful depictions of life resonated with the masses, they also showcased a troubling misanthropy that revealed the author's deeper discontent with humanity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Zola, Émile, 1840-1902 PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Literature 61090 60461 2024-09-11T06:20:40.059593 2023-09-11T09:39:39.644531 text/html text/html 56666 2008-06-05T14:44:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 47158 2008-06-05T14:47:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 73766 2024-09-11T06:20:43.396588 application/epub+zip 72630 2024-09-11T06:20:41.393589 application/epub+zip 1202939 2008-06-05T14:42:43 application/pdf 1166227 2008-06-05T14:48:32 application/pdf application/zip 60280 2024-09-11T06:20:40.523606 application/epub+zip 142997 2024-09-11T06:20:44.924552 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 135145 2024-09-11T06:20:42.851571 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 106632 2022-09-12T05:38:03.044451 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 53378 53280 2024-09-11T06:20:39.839595 2023-09-11T09:39:39.452519 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 52130 2008-06-05T11:20:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 20842 2008-06-05T11:20:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20145 2024-09-11T06:20:45.054547 application/rdf+xml 7726 2024-09-11T06:20:40.856563 image/jpeg 2247 2024-09-11T06:20:40.689570 image/jpeg 74827 2024-09-11T06:20:40.068582 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia