Cross Word-The Dreyfus Affair

Welcome to Crossword, where cultural clues lead to the truth of the word. Michele MacAloo discusses the life of Alfred Dreyfus with author Maurice Samuels.  Maurice is the author of five books and he is interested in the literature and culture of 19th Century France.  He investigates the origins of cultural modernity and traces new forms of subjectivity and new ideas about history, politics, race and the novel following the French Revolution.  In this interview you will learn more about Samuel’s book Alfred Dreyfus, the Man at the Center of the Affair.