Messiah or Antichrist?: Study of the Messianic Myth in the Work of Zola

Evenhuis, Anthony John

ISBN 10: 0874136342 / ISBN 13: 9780874136340

Published by University of Delaware Press, 1998

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Cloth. AS NEW/VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. NEW BOOK PUBLISHED AT $43.50. NO MARKINGS. DJ HAS SOME CHIPPING ALONG TOP EDGE. This pioneering literary analysis is a new reading of Zola's major fictional writings, especially the best-selling Rougon-Macquart cycle, but it draws attention to the early and relatively unknown late novels as well. 1998: 283 pages. (Delaware).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Messiah or Antichrist?: Study of the Messianic Myth in the Work of Zola
• Publisher: University of Delaware Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0874136342
• ISBN 13: 9780874136340
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

"This new study is original in that, written by a person who is thoroughly familiar with the Judeo-Christian messianic tradition, it seeks to do justice to the strong religious thread that runs through all of Zola's work. In addition, Dr. Evenhuis's experience in the psychoanalytical approach to literature allows him to venture into intriguing speculations involving Zola's conscious or unconscious use of symbolism: the reader is invited to read between the lines of Zola's text in order to gain deeper insights into the author's inner world."--BOOK JACKET. "Essentially, Messiah or Antichrist? examines the factors that may have induced Zola to embrace the messianic vision, and then systematically traces the rejection and eventual readopting of that myth in prose works that span a period of some forty years."--BOOK JACKET.