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Zolaism|ˈzəʊləɪz(ə)m| [f. the name Zola + -ism.] The literary manner characteristic of the French novelist Émile Zola (1840–1902), whose works are marked by an excessively realistic treatment of the coarser sides of human life. So Zolaesque |-ˈɛsk| a., characteristic of or resembling the style of Zola; ˈZolaist, one who studies or approves of the writings of Zola (hence Zolaˈistic a.); ˈZolaize v. intr., to imitate or follow the style of Zola; trans. to make like Zola.
1886Pall Mall Gaz. 14 July 5/2 Mr. Moore's *Zolaesque search for characteristic phrases has led him into some startling extravagances. 1903in Gayley Repr. Engl. Com. I. 387 The mean circumstances of his Bohemian career, and the terribly brutal, Zolaesque scene of his death-chamber.
1882Athenæum 30 Dec. 875/3 A particular form of *Zolaism, much in vogue at this moment. 1886Tennyson Locksley Hall 60 Yrs. After 145 Set the maiden fancies wallowing in the troughs of Zolaism.
1886Athenæum 30 Jan. 161/2 Even the *Zolaist has to remember that ‘art is art because it is not nature’.
Ibid. 161/3 The French critics either of the Hugoistic or the *Zolaistic persuasion.
Ibid. 2 July 13/3 The *Zolaizing novel of Paul Lindau, ‘Arme Mädchen.’ 1901Literature 30 Mar. 234/2, I do not mean that M. Roz has Zolaized Mr. Hardy. |