Dr. Maria Adamowicz-Hariasz is Assistant Professor in the Department of Modern Languages at The University of Akron. She received her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania.
2002 0-7734-7327-0 Le Juif errant, published serially in Le Constitutionnel (1844-45) firmly established Eugène Sue as the king of the roman-feuilleton. This is the first substantial study on the novel, probably because of its clear political engagement and its reception, which polarized the French readers of the time. This book provides a detailed analysis of the text, which triggered the rise of mass-market literature in France, in broad social, political and cultural contexts. in French.