Work and Leisure in Late Nineteenth-Century French Literature and Visual Culture

Claire White is a Research Fellow at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, UK. She has published on a range of nineteenth-century French literature in journals such as Romanic Review and Modern Language Review.

"Claire White presents a fresh, interdisciplinary perspective on the 'alternation of toil and festivity' during the nineteenth century ... . White's book provides an innovative interdisciplinary approach to questions on the discourse surrounding nineteenth-century French literature and art, framing the larger philosophical debates generated by the tensions between modernity and modernism in the context of work and leisure." (Karen Turman, Nineteenth-Century French Studies, Vol. 44, Winter, 2015/2016)

• List of Illustrations Prefatory Note Series Preface Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Workers at Play in Zola's Les Rougon-Macquart 2. Dominical Diversions: Laforgue on Sundays 3. Beyond the Leisure Principle: Luce and Neo-Impressionism 4. Work and Pleasure: Zola's Travail Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index