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Lumbroso, Olivier. Zola: La plume et le compas: La construction de l'espace dans "Les Rougon-Macquart" d'Emile Zola.(Book review)

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From: Nineteenth-Century French Studies
Date: 20070922
Author:Thompson, Hannah

Lumbroso, Olivier. Zola: La plume et le compas: La construction de l'espace dans "Les Rougon-Macquart" d'Emile Zola. Paris." Honore Champion, 2004. Pp. 318. ISBN 2-7453-0952-8.

Olivier Lumbroso's meticulous study of the creation of the Rougon-Macquart, introduced by Philippe Hamon, is informed by the now familiar parameters of genetic criticism. Whilst much significant work has already been done on the Rougon-Macquart manuscripts and the immense dossiers preparatoires which Zola created as he worked, there are two elements of Lumbroso's work which distinguish it from other ...

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