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Nelson graduated with an undergraduate degree from Cambridge University and did postgraduate work at Oxford University where he obtained his Doctorate.Phil.
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The Fortune of the Rougons (Oxford World's Classics)
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The Fortune of the Rougons is the first in Zola's famous Rougon-Macquart series of novels. In it we learn how the two branches of the family came about, and the origins of the hereditary weaknesses passed down the generations. Murder, treachery, and greed are the keynotes, and just as the Empire was established through violence, the "fortune" of the Rougons is paid for in blood. Set in the fictitious Provençal town of Plassans, The Fortune of the Rougons tells the story of Silvère and Miette, two idealistic young supporters of the republican resistance to Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte's coup d'état of December 1851. They join the woodcutters and peasants of the Var to seize control of Plassans, and are opposed by the Bonapartist loyalists led by Silvère's uncle, Pierre Rougon. Meanwhile, the foundations of the Rougon family and its illegitimate Macquart branch are being laid in the brutal beginnings of the Imperial regime. Brian Nelson provides an engaging translation as well as a wide-ranging introduction that explains the background to the Rougon-Macquart series as well as the historical setting of the novel and its special qualities. This edition also features a chronology, bibliography, and extensive explanatory notes. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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The Cambridge Companion to Zola (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Brian Nelson (2007-02-15)
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Foreign other people named Brian Nelson, see Brian Nelson (disambiguation) in 1979. Before going to Monash he taught one year in Paris (1970-1971) and several years at the University of Wales Aberystwyth (1973-1986). In 1986, he became professor at Monash and retired in 2008.
Nelson taught modern French literature and cultural studies on topics such as Paris and "The Female Body", as well as translation studies.
In addition to a number of monographs including Zola and the Bourgeoisie and Émile Zola: A Selective and Analytical Bibliography, he has made a number of modern translations of Émile Zola for the Oxford World"s Classics series. About these translations, Nelson said: My aim as a translator is to transform Zola"s prose into a work of art that approaches the original, that is, is faithful to the spirit of the original.
This means capturing the structure and rhythms, the tone and texture, and the lexical choices --in sum, the particular idiom-- of Zola"s novel, as well as preserving the "feel" of the social context out of which the novel emerged and which it represents." In addition to being editor of the Australian Journal of French Studies since 2002, Nelson co-founded the journal Romance Studies, edit the monograph series Monash Romance Studies, and is President of AALITRA (the Australian Association for Literary Translation).
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The Fortune of the Rougons (Oxford World's Classics)
(The Fortune of the Rougons is the first in Zola's famous ...)
- The Cambridge Companion to Zola (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Brian Nelson (2007-02-15)
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The Fortune of the Rougons (Oxford World's Classics)
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