Edmond de Goncourt's four solo novels are not simply extensions of the Goncourt brothers' joint project, but attempts to deviate from the Naturalism with which their name had come to be associated. By analysing paratexts, the relationship between documentation and fiction, as well as plot devices and themes, this study links the evolution of Goncourt's fiction to wider literary debates surrounding Naturalism, Decadence and the renewal of the novel in fin de sicle France. In bringing Goncourt's writings to an English-speaking public, it will be of interest to students and scholars of the...

En 2003 le prix Goncourt fete son centenaire, veritable evenement dans l histoire des lettres francaises. Les textes reunis dans ce volume proviennent d un colloque qui a eu lieu a l Universite de Glasgow en mars 2003 et analysent les succes, les scandales, et les debats litteraires que le prix a suscites et qui ont marque le vingtieme siecle. Le phenomene Goncourt est aborde de plusieurs points de vue critiques, aussi bien litteraires que sociologiques et historiques. Tout en considerant des sujets aussi divers que l Academie Goncourt, la politique et l identite nationale, le colonialisme et...