{"product_id":"his-excellency-eugene-rougon-paperback","title":"His Excellency Eugène Rougon - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eÉmile Zola\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBrian Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'He loved power for power's sake . . . He was without question the greatest of the Rougons.' \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eHis Excellency Eugène Rougon\u003c\/em\u003e (1876) is the sixth novel in Zola's twenty-volume Rougon-Macquart cycle. A political novel set in the corridors of power and in the upper echelons of French Second Empire society, including the Imperial court, it focuses on the fluctuating fortunes of the authoritarian Eugène Rougon, the \"vice-Emperor.\" But it is more than just a chronicle. It plunges the reader into the essential dynamics of the political: the rivalries, the scheming, the jockeying for position, the ups and downs, the play of interests, the lobbying and gossip, the patronage and string-pulling, the bribery and blackmail, and, especially, the manipulation of language for political purposes. The novel's themes--especially its treatment of political discourse--have remarkable contemporary resonance. \u003cem\u003eHis Excellency Eugène Rougon\u003c\/em\u003e is about politics everywhere.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrian Nelson\u003c\/strong\u003e is Emeritus Professor of French Studies and Translation Studies at Monash University, Melbourne, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. He has been editor of the \u003cem\u003eAustralian Journal of French Studies\u003c\/em\u003e since 2002. His publications include \u003cem\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Zola\u003c\/em\u003e (CUP, 20017), \u003cem\u003eZola and the Bourgeoisie\u003c\/em\u003e (Palgrave Macmillan, 1983), and translations of \u003cem\u003eEarth\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Fortune of the Rougons\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Belly of Paris\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Kill\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePot Luck\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Ladies' Paradise\u003c\/em\u003e for Oxford World's Classics. He was awarded the New South Wales Premier's Prize for Translation in 2015. His most recent critical work is \u003cem\u003eThe Cambridge Introduction to French Literature \u003c\/em\u003e(CUP, 2015).\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 26, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42684803809343,"sku":"9780198748250","price":19.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5d4cef37bcd3ca2222c41ce060ecc297.webp?v=1764968693","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/his-excellency-eugene-rougon-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}