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The Dreyfus Affair

Honour and Politics in the Belle Epoque
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The Dreyfus Affair comprises attempted assassinations, suicides, perjury, forgeries, invective, stunning reversals and abortive "coups d'etat", involving the honour and destiny of an individual and of France. It is also a mystery tale that reveals the preoccupations and divisions of France and Europe at the turn of the 19th century. At its centre is the unjust imprisonment upon Devil's Island of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jew convicted of a crime he did not commit, who was in part the victim of an ancient prejudice. As the gravest crisis of the Third Republic, the Dreyfus Affair transformed French politics as a crucial episode in the history of racial nationalism. It marked the transition from traditional to racial anti-semitism and, as an explosive struggle for human rights and judicial equity, it engaged academics, writers and artists as self-conscious "intellectuals" in French politics. This work explores how the trial of one man became "l'affaire", with all its consequences.

Author Biography:

MARTIN P. JOHNSON is an Adjunct Professor of History at Northern Illinois University.
Release date NZ
May 26th, 1999
Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Undergraduate
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
XI, 184 p.
Imprint
Red Globe Press
Pages
184
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
138x216x10
ISBN-13
9780333682678
Product ID
1875752

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