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The mother figure in Emile Zola's Les Rougon-Macquart; literary realism and the quest for the ideal mother.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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The mother figure in Emile Zola's Les Rougon-Macquart; literary realism and the quest for the ideal mother.

Hennessy, Susie.

Edwin Mellen Pr.

2006

152 pages

$99.95

Hardcover

PQ2518

Hennessy (French, Missouri Western State U.) explores new territory in this study of Zola's maternal figures by arguing that Zola's overt goal of depicting reality is often accompanied by narration that casts doubt upon maternal behavior. She begins by addressing a paradox in the Rougon-Macquart series: the fact that very few of the many mothers ...

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