Frederick Brown (1) (1934–)
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Frederick Brown is Professor Emeritus at the Department of European Languages and Literatures, the State University of New York at Stonybrook
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Of course, there's a fine line between erudition and pretention, and I'm not sure Brown always comes down on the right side of it. I could use a few less instances of the word 'ultramontane', and perhaps a bit more translation. When Brown notes Zola's early series of columns, "Mes Haines", he remarks on how the title is inherently aggressive, but he neglects to translate it into "My Hates", so anyone who doesn't have French will be at a loss in that moment.
Nevertheless, a powerful biography written from an admirably objective point-of-view. Situating Zola firmly in his time, Brown finds a strong balance between the author's life and career emanating from his own persona, and from the cultural elements that formed him.… (mehr)