House of Earth Trilogy | Literary Precedents
House of Earth belongs to the tradition of the roman-fleuve. Sagas written in English were made especially popular during Buck's early years by John Galsworthy in The Forsyte Saga (1906-1922). Oscar Cargill detected a similarity between House of Earth and Emile Zola's Rougon-Macquart family saga (1873-1891), and Buck did in fact acknowledge being influenced by the naturalism of Zola: by his commitment to detached narration, by his interest in the poor, by his emphasis on heredity and environment, and by his appreciation of setting and detail. Paul Doyle points...
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