"L’Affaire" by Jean-Denis Bredin
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"L’Affaire" by Jean-Denis Bredin is a detailed historical study that reconstructs the events, political context, and enduring significance of the Dreyfus Affair in late 19th-century France.
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| "L’Affaire" by Jean-Denis Bredin canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: "L’Affaire" by Jean-Denis Bredin Context triple: [Dreyfus affair, notableWorkAbout, "L’Affaire" by Jean-Denis Bredin]
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L’Œuvre
L’Œuvre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that portrays the struggles of an ambitious painter in Paris whose obsessive pursuit of artistic perfection leads to personal and professional ruin.
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The Bridge at Courbevoie
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“The Flight to Paris”
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Madeleine in the Bois d’Amour
Madeleine in the Bois d’Amour is a Post-Impressionist painting by Émile Bernard that depicts a contemplative female figure in a wooded landscape, reflecting the artist’s Symbolist and Cloisonnist style.
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Le Bon Sens
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Target entity: "L’Affaire" by Jean-Denis Bredin Target entity description: "L’Affaire" by Jean-Denis Bredin is a detailed historical study that reconstructs the events, political context, and enduring significance of the Dreyfus Affair in late 19th-century France.
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A.
L’Œuvre
L’Œuvre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that portrays the struggles of an ambitious painter in Paris whose obsessive pursuit of artistic perfection leads to personal and professional ruin.
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B.
The Bridge at Courbevoie
The Bridge at Courbevoie is an 1886–87 Post-Impressionist oil painting by Georges Seurat that depicts a tranquil riverside scene near Paris using his pioneering pointillist technique.
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C.
“The Flight to Paris”
“The Flight to Paris” is a section of Charles A. Lindbergh’s autobiographical work *The Spirit of St. Louis* that recounts his historic 1927 solo nonstop transatlantic flight from New York to Paris.
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D.
Madeleine in the Bois d’Amour
Madeleine in the Bois d’Amour is a Post-Impressionist painting by Émile Bernard that depicts a contemplative female figure in a wooded landscape, reflecting the artist’s Symbolist and Cloisonnist style.
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E.
Le Bon Sens
Le Bon Sens is an 18th-century philosophical work by Baron d'Holbach that presents a rigorous materialist and atheist critique of religion and superstition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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historical study ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| aboutEvent |
Dreyfus affair
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surface form:
Dreyfus Affair
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| aboutPerson |
Alfred Dreyfus
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French army officers involved in the Dreyfus Affair ⓘ Émile Zola ⓘ |
| analyzes |
enduring significance of the Dreyfus Affair
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symbolic meaning of the Dreyfus Affair for justice and rights ⓘ |
| approach |
archival research
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critical historical analysis ⓘ |
| author | Jean-Denis Bredin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| examines |
antisemitic currents in French society
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division between Dreyfusards and anti-Dreyfusards ⓘ impact of the Dreyfus Affair on French intellectual life ⓘ impact of the Dreyfus Affair on French law ⓘ impact of the Dreyfus Affair on French politics ⓘ legal procedures of the Dreyfus trials ⓘ political context of the Dreyfus Affair ⓘ public opinion during the Dreyfus Affair ⓘ role of the French army in the Dreyfus Affair ⓘ role of the press in the Dreyfus Affair ⓘ use of secret evidence in the Dreyfus Affair ⓘ |
| focusesOnEvent |
arrest of Alfred Dreyfus
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rehabilitation of Alfred Dreyfus ⓘ revisions of the Dreyfus trial ⓘ trial of Alfred Dreyfus ⓘ |
| genre |
history
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political history ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Dreyfus affair
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surface form:
Dreyfus Affair
|
| narrativeForm | historical reconstruction ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| portrays |
Alfred Dreyfus
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French military leadership ⓘ French political leaders of the period ⓘ Émile Zola ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
J’accuse…!
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surface form:
J’Accuse…! by Émile Zola
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| settingPlace | France ⓘ |
| settingTime | late 19th century ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
1890s
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early 20th century ⓘ |
| topic |
French Third Republic
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antisemitism in France ⓘ military justice ⓘ miscarriage of justice ⓘ political scandal ⓘ |
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