Nana /

Nana /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Zola, Émile, 1840-1902.
Uniform title:	Nana. English
Edition:	[New ed.] / translated with an introduction and notes by Douglas Parmée.
Imprint:	Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Description:	xxix, 430 p. ; 20 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford world's classics paperback Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Subject:	Prostitutes -- France -- Paris -- Social conditions -- Fiction. Prostitutes -- Social conditions. France -- Paris. Fiction.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7790896

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors:	Parmée, Douglas.
ISBN:	9780199538690 (pbk.) 0199538697 (pbk.)
Notes:	Translated from the French.
Summary:	Overview: Prompted by his theories of heredity and environment, Zola set out to show Nana, "the golden fly", rising out of the underworld to feed on society--a predetermined product of her origins. Nana's latent destructiveness is mirrored in the Empire's, and they reflect each others' disintegration and final collapse in 1890. Built around the book's scientific skeleton is a powerful, sensual atmosphere and a rich use of words which elevate the novel beyond the realistic platform into a "poem of male desires." Part of Zola's famed Rougon-Macquart series of novels, this is the portrait of the scandal of Parisian society--Nana, a goddess of love who ruthlessly uses her sexuality to obtain wealth and to send her ruined lovers to the gutter from which she ascended. A tragic heroine ranking with Anna Karenina and Emma Bovary. Originally published in 1880, this is a new edition.

Regenstein, Bookstacks

Loading map link

Holdings details from Regenstein, Bookstacks
Call Number:	PQ2510 .A36 2009
c.1	Available Loan period: standard loan Scan and Deliver Request for Pickup Need help? - Ask a Librarian