Le Poignard et le Poison : Des Promenades stendhaliennes à l’image romanesque de la Rome zolienne

The article underlines the negative apprehension that Emile Zola feels towards the city of Rome, influenced as it is by the anthropological vision of two writer-travellers: Stendhal and Taine. Although it was a source of admiration during the Romantic era, Zolian writing was influenced by the image...

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Main Author: Dan Abatantuono
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Language:English
Published: Université Clermont Auvergne 2017-03-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/viatica/733
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description The article underlines the negative apprehension that Emile Zola feels towards the city of Rome, influenced as it is by the anthropological vision of two writer-travellers: Stendhal and Taine. Although it was a source of admiration during the Romantic era, Zolian writing was influenced by the image of the Italian capital as a place of murderous violence. The motifs of the knife and poison become inseparable from Zola’s representations of the Roman social world. It is no longer a question of the naturalist writer celebrating passions, but of a critical and pessimistic discourse on the future of Rome.
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spelling doaj-art-88369e2b50ab45f88c24de8d760a6c2c2025-08-20T03:01:04ZengUniversité Clermont AuvergneViatica2275-08272017-03-01410.52497/viatica733Le Poignard et le Poison : Des Promenades stendhaliennes à l’image romanesque de la Rome zolienneDan AbatantuonoThe article underlines the negative apprehension that Emile Zola feels towards the city of Rome, influenced as it is by the anthropological vision of two writer-travellers: Stendhal and Taine. Although it was a source of admiration during the Romantic era, Zolian writing was influenced by the image of the Italian capital as a place of murderous violence. The motifs of the knife and poison become inseparable from Zola’s representations of the Roman social world. It is no longer a question of the naturalist writer celebrating passions, but of a critical and pessimistic discourse on the future of Rome.https://journals.openedition.org/viatica/733StendhalRomenaturalismobjectsZola (Émile)Taine (Hippolyte)
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Le Poignard et le Poison : Des Promenades stendhaliennes à l’image romanesque de la Rome zolienne
Viatica
Stendhal
Rome
naturalism
objects
Zola (Émile)
Taine (Hippolyte)
title Le Poignard et le Poison : Des Promenades stendhaliennes à l’image romanesque de la Rome zolienne
title_full Le Poignard et le Poison : Des Promenades stendhaliennes à l’image romanesque de la Rome zolienne
title_fullStr Le Poignard et le Poison : Des Promenades stendhaliennes à l’image romanesque de la Rome zolienne
title_full_unstemmed Le Poignard et le Poison : Des Promenades stendhaliennes à l’image romanesque de la Rome zolienne
title_short Le Poignard et le Poison : Des Promenades stendhaliennes à l’image romanesque de la Rome zolienne
title_sort le poignard et le poison des promenades stendhaliennes a l image romanesque de la rome zolienne
topic Stendhal
Rome
naturalism
objects
Zola (Émile)
Taine (Hippolyte)
url https://journals.openedition.org/viatica/733
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