Germinal (Raymond MacKenzie Translation)

by Emile Zola, Raymond N. MacKenzie (Translator), David Baguley (Introduction)

Overview

Coal mines have become rare, but the miners of Germinal are immortal. This new edition of the novel, with a translation by Raymond MacKenzie, is an exquisite tribute to their work, their misery and their eventual revolt. In his introduction, David Baguley--one of the most respected authorities on the work of Zola--brilliantly illuminates the genetic, historical and aesthetic aspects of the novel. His lucid, sensitive and critical gaze highlights the real secrets of the work: its underlying anthropological and social investigation, the dark power of the tragic imagination and the brightness of symbolic and mythic intuitions. --Henri Mitterand, Professor Emeritus, Columbia University

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781603846271
Publisher:	Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	09/12/2011
Series:	Hackett Classics Series
Pages:	544
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Raymond N. MacKenzie is Professor of English at the University of St. Thomas.

David Baguley is Emeritus Professor, Durham University (U.K) and the University of Western Ontario.

What People are Saying About This

Henri Mitterand

In his introduction, David Baguley—one of the most respected authorities on the work of Zola—brilliantly illuminates the genetic, historical and aesthetic aspects of the novel. His lucid, sensitive and critical gaze highlights the real secrets of the work: its underlying anthropological and social investigation, the dark power of the tragic imagination and the brightness of symbolic and mythic intuitions. (Henri Mitterand, Professor Emeritus, Columbia University)

Stephen Kern

Raymond Mackenzie's elegant new translation of Emile Zola's Germinal captures the diction of the novel's colorful characters and the restrained voice of a naturalist narrator. David Baguley's introduction analyzes Zola's personal background, his literary and scientific influences, and the historical circumstances of French workers in the 1860s as well as a spectrum of political acts and deeds in the 1880s when the novel was written. These features plus Zola's notes on the town of Anzin that he studied prior to writing the novel, make this the edition of choice for course adoptions in history and literature. (Stephen Kern, Humanities Distinguished Professor, Department of History, Ohio State University)

Editorial Reviews

Raymond MacKenzie's elegant new translation of Emile Zola’s Germinal captures the diction of the novel's colorful characters and the restrained voice of a naturalist narrator. David Baguley’s introduction analyzes Zola’s personal background, his literary and scientific influences, and the historical circumstances of French workers in the 1860s as well as a spectrum of political acts and deeds in the 1880s when the novel was written. These features plus Zola’s notes on the town of Anzin that he studied prior to writing the novel, make this the edition of choice for course adoptions in history and literature. —Stephen Kern, Humanities Distinguished Professor, Department of History, Ohio State University

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