1st Edition
The Use of Abuse The Polemics of the Dreyfus Affair and Its Aftermath
By Richard Griffiths
Copyright 1992
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this book, which closely examines the techniques used by the polemists of the Dreyfus Affair, much is learned not only about the Mair itself, but also about the polemic of the age in which it was situated, and the interaction between writers and their public. The discourse within which people's thoughts were imprisoned is seen not merely to have reflected events, but to have created them, in an... Read more
Part I: Introductory, 1 Polemic and the Affair, The Issues behind the Polemic, Polemic and the Affair - A Chronology, 2 Truth and Justice, The Devaluation, The Philosophical Debate, Weapons of Attack, Cartoons and Visual Polemic, The Aftermath, Part II: Methods, 3 Plot Myths and Assertions of Certainty, Language and Imagery, Formulae of Certainty, A Further Aspect of the 'Plot' Myth: The 'Syndicat de Trahison', 4 Formulae of Popular Polemic, Metonymy, Dirt and Cleansing Repetition and 'Homeric' Epithets in Personal Abuse, Word Formulations: The Suffix '-ard' , Other Pejorative Formations and Phrases, 'L'Armee de Conde' and Other War-cries, 5 Techniques of Irony, Mockery of the Slogans of the Affair, Gohier and 'le parti de I'etranger' 'La Revanche', Rochefort and 'le sabre et le goupillon', 6 Religious Imagery: The Power of Catholic Discourse, 7 Attitudes to Personal Abuse, Violence and Vileness, A Libel: Zola the Thief's Son, A Libel: Drumont the Police Spy, A Libel: Clemenceau the British Agent Private and Public Attitudes: The Case of Barres, Part III: Three Individuals, 8 Zola, The Affair: The Three Figaro Articles, 'Lettre alajeunesse', 'Lettre ala France' , ']'accuse', The Aftermath, 9 Leon Bloy and the Cliches of the Affair, The Affair as Sign, Scatology and Eschatology, The Unknown Visitor, 10 Peguy's Attacks onJaures, The Natural Tone, and Complicity, The Attacks onjaures: 'L'Argent' and 'L'Argent, Litanies and Repetition with the Reader, The Attacks on Jaures: 'Notre jeunesse' (1910) suite' (1913)
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Richard Griffiths
