Michael Burns/The Dreyfus Affair

Abstract: A 3 page essay that analyses two primary documents from the Dreyfus affair, Emile Zola's letter "J'Accuse" and Comtesse de Martel de Janville's account of Zola's defamation trial. Based on these documents, the writer argues that that there were two contradictory definitions of French nationalism opposing each other over the volatile Dreyfus affair: a republican nationalism that emphasized honor and justice and an ethnic nationalism that sought to fanatically defend the "purity" of France through whatever means possible. No additional sources cited.

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Subcatagory: European History

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