| Found in | Zola, 2023: ECIP galley p. 18 (In this sense, the day Zola's "J'Accuse" appeared in L'Aurore (13 Jan. 1898) and sold 300,000 copies, the intellectual became a self-conscious sociological actor)
Encyclopedia Britannica, viewed October 30, 2022: J'accuse, letter by Zola (J'accuse, (French: "I accuse") celebrated open letter by Emile Zola to the president of the French Republic in defense of Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer who had been accused of treason by the French army. It was published in the newspaper L'Aurore on Jan. 13, 1898. The letter, which began with the denunciatory phrase "J'accuse," blamed the army for covering up its mistaken conviction of Dreyfus. It was instrumental in generating public response to what became known as the Dreyfus affair. Zola was brought to trial on Feb. 7, 1898, and was sentenced to one year's imprisonment and a fine of 3,000 francs after being found guilty of libel)
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