Journal article
Zola's repetitions: On repetition in Zola
- Abstract:
- Repetition is one of the most striking features of Émile Zola's prose style. It was also one of the most frequently commented-upon, and frequently criticized, aspects of his writing among contemporaneous critics. This article reads critical responses to Zola's repetitions, as well as Zola's own comments on matters of style, for what they can reveal about the assumptions at work in fin-de-siècle literary criticism's conception of literary craft. It suggests that the hostility displayed towards Zola's repetitions reveals them to have been a vital technique in the novelist's pursuit of a truly popular, democratic novelistic form.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.5699/modelangrevi.116.1.0042
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- Publisher:
- Modern Humanities Research Association
- Journal:
- Modern Language Review More from this journal
- Volume:
- 116
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 42-64
- Publication date:
- 2021-01-04
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-06-18
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0026-7937
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English
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1114961
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pubs:1114961
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2020-06-28
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- Modern Humanities Research Association
- Copyright date:
- 2021
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- © 2021 Modern Humanities Research Association
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Modern Humanities Research Association at https://doi.org/10.5699/modelangrevi.116.1.0042
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