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Germinal by Emile Zola; Translated by Peter Collier; Introduction by Ruth Scurr; Illustrated by Philip Bannister; Published by The Folio Society, London, 2010; Hardcover in Slipcase, 6-3/… More...

Germinal by Emile Zola; Translated by Peter Collier; Introduction by Ruth Scurr; Illustrated by Philip Bannister; Published by The Folio Society, London, 2010; Hardcover in Slipcase, 6-3/4-in. x 9-7/8-in. x 1-3/4-in. ---- Book in Fine, As New Condition. No discernible signs of any wear. The book and slipcase are clean, secure binding, crisp inner pages, unmarked, no writing, no highlighting, no stains, no rips, no edge chipping, no page folds, no remainder marks, not ex-library. Please see pictures for greater detail. Free USA Shipping ---- Germinal is the thirteenth novel in Émile Zola's twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart. Often considered Zola's masterpiece and one of the most significant novels in the French tradition, the novel an uncompromisingly harsh and realistic story of a coalminers' strike in northern France in the 1860s has been published and translated in over one hundred countries and has additionally inspired five film adaptations and two television productions. Germinal was written between April 1884 and January 1885. It was first serialized between November 1884 and February 1885 in the periodical Gil Blas, then in March 1885 published as a book.The title, Germinal, is drawn from the springtime seventh month of the French Revolutionary Calendar and is meant to evoke imagery of germination, new growth and fertility. Germen is a Latin word which means "seed"; the novel describes the hope for a better future that seeds amongst the miners. Accordingly, Zola ends the novel on a note of hope and one that has provided inspiration to socialist and reformist causes of all kinds throughout the years since its first publication: Beneath the blazing of the sun, in that morning of new growth, the countryside rang with song, as its belly swelled with a black and avenging army of men, germinating slowly in its furrows, growing upwards in readiness for harvests to come, until one day soon their ripening would burst open the earth itself., The Folio Society, 2010, University of New Mexico Press, October 2004. Hardcover. Used - Like New. Well known for his sketches, paintings, and sculptures of the Old West, Charles M. Russell (1864-1926) was also an accomplished author in the humorous genre known as 'local color.' Raphael Cristy sorts Russell's writings into four general categories: serious Indian stories, men encountering wildlife, cattle range characters, and nineteenth-century westerners facing twentieth-century challenges. Russell's art is often misinterpreted as mere longing for a fading open-range west, but his writings tell a different story. Cristy shows how Russell amused his peers with stories that also delivered sharp observations of Euro-American suppression of Indians and humorous treatment of wilderness and range issues plus the emergence of women and urbanization as bewildering agents of change in the modern West. 'A welcome departure from the usual biographies and coffee table volumes on Russell and his art. . . . [Cristy]deals with an important, yet relatively unexplored, aspect of the career of one of the most influential interpreters of the American West.'--Byron Price, Director, C. M. Russell Center for the Study of Art '[Cristy] deals with an important, yet relatively unexplored, aspect of the career of one of the most influential interpreters of the American West.'--Byron Price, Director, C. M. Russell Center for the Study of Art, University of New Mexico Press<

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ISBN: 9780826332844

Well known for his sketches, paintings, and sculptures of the Old West, Charles M. Russell (1864-1926) was also an accomplished author in the humorous genre known as "local color.&qu… More...

Well known for his sketches, paintings, and sculptures of the Old West, Charles M. Russell (1864-1926) was also an accomplished author in the humorous genre known as "local color." Raphael Cristy sorts Russell's writings into four general categories: serious Indian stories, men encountering wildlife, cattle range characters, and nineteenth-century westerners facing twentieth-century challenges. Russell's art is often misinterpreted as mere longing for a fading open-range west, but his writings tell a different story. Cristy shows how Russell amused his peers with stories that also delivered sharp observations of Euro-American suppression of Indians and humorous treatment of wilderness and range issues plus the emergence of women and urbanization as bewildering agents of change in the modern West. "A welcome departure from the usual biographies and coffee table volumes on Russell and his art. . . . Cristy] deals with an important, yet relatively unexplored, aspect of the career of one of the most influential interpreters of the American West."--Byron Price, Director, C. M. Russell Center for the Study of Art Charles M. Russell: The Storyteller's Art Cristy, Raphael / Price, B. Byron, University of New Mexico Press<