Emile Zola. A Concise Biography
Description
In this program from the Famous Authors series, the audience is offered an overview of the life and work of Emile Zola, starting with an introduction to the writer's parents and his important boyhood friendship with Paul Cezanne. The film discusses Zola's attachment to themes of nature and liberty. Eventually he was hired by the French publisher Hachette and began gaining social and literary success in Paris. The program also discusses the Dreyfus Affair, in which Zola courageously and publicly defended a Jewish military officer wrongly accused of treason.
Runtime
37 min
Series
Subjects
- Philosophy, Modern (17)
- World politics in literature (5)
- Authors (111)
- Authorship (36)
- Philosophy, Modern, in literature (5)
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Date of Publication
[2011], c2005
Database
Films on Demand
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