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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Zola, Emile

Zola, Emile
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Zola's Reputation And Influence, Essay Questions and Bibliography

Reputation and Influence

Even though virtually all the novels and stories which Emile Zola wrote
were commercial successes, the author's reputation has fluctuated since his
own lifetime. With regard to Zola's involvement in the Dreyfus Affair, it
has been almost unanimously agreed that the writer of "J' Accuse" was correct
in his appraisal of the military and of the unfortunate Jew convicted and
later acquitted of treason. From the standpoint of his literature, however,
Emile Zola's reputation ...

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