Bibliography of the Dreyfus Affair

This is a bibliography of works on the Dreyfus Affair.

Testimonials

 * 1898 Jean Jaurès, The Evidence, Collection of Articles appearing in La Petite République – available on Wikisource
 * 1898 Alfred Dreyfus, Letters of an Innocent man, Stock
 * 1901 Alfred Dreyfus, Five Years of My Life, French original "Cinq années de ma vie" published in France in 1901, English translation first published in 1901, newest reprint 2019 (ISBN 978-3-945831-19-9).
 * 1901 Alfred Dreyfus, Cinq années de ma vie, Eugène Fasquelle Éditeurs, Paris, 1901, reprinted 2006 (The Discovery) (ISBN 2707148067)
 * 1898 Paschal Grousset, The Dreyfus Affair and its secret remits: a historical summary, ed Godet et Cie, Paris, 240 p.
 * 1899 Paschal Grousset, The Dreyfus Affair, the word of an enigma. Paris, Stock.
 * 1899 Georges Clemenceau, Towards Reparation, Tresse & Stock
 * 1899 Georges Clemenceau, The Iniquity, Stock
 * 1903 Georges Clemenceau, The Disgrace
 * 1955 Maurice Paléologue, The Dreyfus Affair and the Quai d'Orsay, Plon
 * 1957 Maurice Paléologue, My Secret Diary of the Dreyfus Case 1894-1899, Secker & Warburg.
 * 1978 Mathieu Dreyfus, The Affair that I have lived, Bernard Grasset, Paris. (ISBN 2-246-00668-6)
 * 1991 Octave Mirbeau, The Dreyfus Affair, Librairie Séguier.
 * 1993 Léon Blum, Memories of The Affair, Flammarion, Folio Histoire, (ISBN 978-2070327522)
 * 2006 Emile Zola Combat pour Dreyfus

Other general works

 * McMillan, James F. Twentieth-Century France: Politics and Society in France 1898–1991 (1992) pp. 3–12
 * Sowerwine, Charles. France since 1870: Culture, Society and the Making of the Republic (2001) excerpt and text search pp. 67–72
 * 1984 Michael Burns, Rural Society and French Politics, Boulangism and the Dreyfus Affair, 1886–1900 Princeton University Press.
 * 1991 Alfred S. Lindemann, The Jew Accused: Three Anti-Semitic Affairs, Dreyfus, Beilis, Frank, 1894–1914 (Cambridge University Press).
 * 1992 Michael Burns, Dreyfus: A Family Affair, from the French Revolution to the Holocaust, New York: Harper.
 * 1998 Michael Burns, France and the Dreyfus Affair: A Documentary History (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's)
 * 1999 Martin P. Johnson, The Dreyfus Affair: Honour and Politics in the Belle Epoque (New York: Palgrave Macmillan).
 * 2006 George R. Whyte, The Accused: The Dreyfus Trilogy, Inter Nationes, ISBN 3-929979-28-4
 * 2006 George R. Whyte, The Dreyfus Affair: a Chronological History, Palgrave Macmillan 2006, ISBN 978-0-230-20285-6
 * 2007 Ruth Harris, The Assumptionists and the Dreyfus Affair, Past & Present (2007) 194#1 175–211. in Project MUSE
 * 2010 Ruth Harris, Dreyfus: Politics, Emotion, and the Scandal of the Century (Henry Holt and Company)
 * 2008 Philippe Oriol, History of the Dreyfus Affair – Vol 1 – The History of Captain Dreyfus, Stock, (ISBN 978-2-234-06080-7)
 * 2009 Louis Begley, Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters (Yale University Press)
 * 2010 Frederick Brown, For the Soul of France: Culture Wars in the Age of Dreyfus (Alfred A. Knopf)
 * 2012 Robert L. Fuller, The Origins of the French Nationalist Movement, 1886–1914, Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
 * 2012 Piers Paul Read, The Dreyfus Affair, Bloomsbury, London
 * 2012 Piers Paul Read, The Dreyfus Affair, Bloomsbury, London

In French

 * 1961 Pierre Miquel, The Dreyfus Affair, University of France Press – PUF – coll. "What do I know?", réprinted 2003 (ISBN 2130532268)
 * 1989 Pierre Miquel, The Third Republic, Fayard
 * 1986 Michel Winock, The Fever of France: The Great Political Crises. 1871–1968, Points Seuil, (ISBN 2020098318)
 * 1999 Michel Winock, The School of Intellectuals, Le Seuil, coll. Points
 * 1994 Pierre Birnbaum, The Dreyfus Affair: The Republic in Peril, Gallimard, coll. "Discoveries", (ISBN 978-2070532773).
 * 1994 Pierre Birnbaum, The France of the Dreyfus Affair, Gallimard, Paris
 * 1998 Pierre Birnbaum, Was the French Army Antisemitic?, pp. 70–82 in Michel Winock: The Dreyfus Affair, Editions du Seuil, Paris, ISBN 2-02-032848-8
 * 1994 Michael Burns, Histoire d'une famille française, les Dreyfus, Fayard, 1994 (ISBN 978-2213031323)
 * 1994 Michel Drouin (dir.), The Dreyfus Affair Dictionary, Flammarion, reprinted 2006 (ISBN 2082105474).
 * 1994 Vincent Duclert, The Dreyfus Affair, The Discovery, reprinted 2006 (ISBN 2707147931).
 * 2006 Vincent Duclert, Dreyfus is Innocent: History of an Affair of State, Larousse, (ISBN 203582639X)
 * 2006 Vincent Duclert, Alfred Dreyfus, Librairie Artheme Fayard, ISBN 2-213-62795-9
 * 2010 Vincent Duclert, The Dreyfus Affair: When Justice Enlightens the Republic, Private
 * 2000 Francis Démier, The France of the Nineteenth Century, Seuil, coll. "Points in History".
 * 2006 Méhana Mouhou, Dreyfus Affair: Conspiracy in the Republic, Éd. L'Harmattan.
 * 2012 Pierre Gervais, Pauline Peretz et Pierre Stutin, The Secret File of the Dreyfus Affair, Alma editor, (ISBN 978-2362790430)

Specialised works

 * 1960 Patrice Boussel, The Dreyfus Affair and the Press, Armand Colin, coll. "Kiosk", 272 pp.
 * 1962 Henri Guillemin, The Esterházy Enigma, Gallimard
 * 1994 Jean Doise, A Secret Well Guarded: Military History of the Dreyfus Affair, Le Seuil, 225 pp. (ISBN 2-02-021100-9)
 * 1998 Philippe-E. Landau, Jewish Opinion and the Dreyfus Affair, Albin Michel, "The Presence of Judaism", paperback
 * 2000 Armand Israël, The Hidden Truth of the Dreyfus Affair, Albin Michel, (ISBN 2-226-11123-9)
 * 2000 Collective, Intellectuals Face the Dreyfus Affair, Then and Now, L'Harmattan, (ISBN 978-2738460257)
 * 2004 Général André Bach, The Army of Dreyfus. A political history of the French army from Charles X to "The Affair", Tallandier, (ISBN 2-84734-039-4)
 * 2006 Thierry Lévy, Jean-Pierre Royer, Labori, a lawyer, Louis Audibert Éditions, (ISBN 2-226-11123-9)
 * 2006 Supreme Court, collective, Justice in the Dreyfus Affair, Fayard, (ISBN 978-2213629520)
 * 2006 Pierre Touzin et Francois Vauvillier, Guns of Victory 1914–1918, Volume 1, The Artillery of the campaign. History and Collections, Paris. ISBN 2-35250-022-2
 * 2010 Georges Joumas, Echos of the Dreyfus Affair for an Orléanais, Corsaire Éditions, (ISBN 978-2-910475-12-3)
 * 2013 Leila Schneps and Coralie Colmez, Math on trial. How numbers get used and abused in the courtroom, Basic Books, 2013. ISBN 978-0-465-03292-1. (Chapter 10: "Math error number 10: mathematical madness. The Dreyfus affair: spy or scapegoat?").

Anti-Dreyfusard works

 * 1909 Henri Dutrait-Crozon, Précis of the Dreyfus Affair, Paris, New National Library, First Editionmière, Final Edition 1924.

Articles and newspapers

 * 1978 Dreyfusards!: Memories from Mathieu Dreyfus and other novelties (presented by Robert Gauthier). Gallimard & Julliard, coll. Archives No. 16, Paris
 * 1988 Max Guermann, "The terrible truth", Revue Les Cahiers Naturalistes, No. 62.
 * 1994 Revue in L'Histoire n o 173, Spécial Dreyfus, January 1994
 * 2005 Special edition of Le Figaro on 12 July 2005, The centenary of the rehabilitation of Captain Dreyfus
 * 2006 Kim Willsher (27 June 2006), "Calls for Dreyfus to be buried in Panthéon", The Guardian
 * 2006 Ronald Schechter (7 July 2006), "The Ghosts of Alfred Dreyfus", The Forward.
 * 2006 Stanley Meisler (9 July 2006), "Not just a Jew in a French jail", Los Angeles Times
 * 2006 Adam Kirsch (11 July 2006), "The Most Shameful of Stains", The New York Sun
 * 2007 Thomas Loué, "The Dreyfus Affair", in L. Boltanski et alii éds., Affairs, scandals, and great causes, Paris, Stock, pp. 213–227
 * 2012 Schultheiss, Katrin. "The Dreyfus Affair and History", Journal of The Historical Society, 12 189–203.

News and stories

 * 1899 Dereliction of Duty in the Trial at Rennes – Sequence of images
 * 1899 Mrs Dreyfus and her lawyer at the exit of the prison at Rennes – Sequence of images
 * 1899 The Dreyfus Affair (reconstructed scenes, 11 episodes, 15 min) by Georges Méliès (a Dreyfusard) – DVD 2008 par Studio Canal
 * 1899 The Dreyfus Affair (reconstructed scenes, 6 episodes) – Actualités Pathé
 * 1902 The Dreyfus Affair – French film attributed to Ferdinand Zecca produced by Pathé
 * 1907 The Dreyfus Affair – French film by Lucien Nonguet produced by Pathé

Documentaries

 * 1965 The Dreyfus Affair, French film by Jean Vigne, made for schools – Black and White – 18 min
 * 1972 The Dreyfus Affair, American Documentary Film – Black and White – 15 min
 * 1974 Dreyfus or the Intolerable Truth, French Documentary Film by Jean Chérasse – Colour – 90 min – DVD 2006 by Alpamedia/Janus Diffusion
 * 1994 Reasons of State: Chronicle of the Dreyfus Affair, French film in two episodes by Pierre Sorlin – Colour – 26 min

Cinema films

 * 1899 Trial of Captain Dreyfus, American film – Black and White
 * 1919 J'accuse, French silent film by Abel Gance – Black and White
 * 1930 The Dreyfus Case, German Film by Richard Oswald – Black and White – 115 min
 * 1931 The Dreyfus Case, English Film by F Kraemer and Milton Rosmer – Black and White – 90 min
 * 1937 The Life of Émile Zola, American Film by William Dieterle – Black and White – 90 min
 * 1958 I Accuse!, American film by José Ferrer – Black and White – 90 min
 * 1960 I am innocent, Greek film by Dinos Katsouridis – Black and White – 90 min
 * 2019 An Officer and a Spy – 2019 French film directed by Roman Polanski based on Harris' 2013 novel of the same name.

TV films

 * 1964 In the first-season episode "Rock-a-Bye Munster", of the TV show The Munsters, Herman and Lilly mention meeting 'that charming Captain Dreyfus' on their honeymoon at Devil's Island.
 * 1966 The Time Tunnel, episode "Devil's Island". Story in which Drs. Newman & Phillips encounter Captain Dreyfus, newly arrived on Devil's Island. ABC, broadcast on 11 November 1966.
 * 1968 Affaire Dreyfus, German film in 3 episodes by ZDF
 * 1978 Zola or the Human Conscience, French film in four episodes by Stellio Lorenzi – Produced by Antenne 2 – Colour
 * 1991 Can a Jew Be innocent?, English film in four episodes by Jack Emery – Produced by the BBC – Colour – 30 min (X4)
 * 1991 Prisoner of Honour, American Film by Ken Russell – Colour – 88 min
 * 1994 The Dreyfus Affair, French film in two episodes by Yves Boisset – Produced by France 2 – Colour
 * 1994 Rage and Outrage, by George Whyte, French film – Produced by ARTE – Colour
 * 1995 Dreyfus in Opera and Ballet, German and English film by arte – Produced by WDR – Colour
 * 1995 Die Affäre Dreyfus, German film in two episodes by arte.

Radio

 * 1995 The Dreyfus Affair, interview with George Whyte, France Culture, 25 March 1995.
 * 1998 J'accuse, George Whyte, Canadian Broadcasting Service (CBS), 10 October 1998.
 * 2005 The Dreyfus Affair, interview with George Whyte, BBC Radio 3. By John Pilgrim, 28 October 2005.
 * 2009 "In Our Time, The Dreyfus Affair" Downloadable discussion on BBC Radio 4. Melvyn Bragg; Robert Gildea, Professor of Modern History at Oxford University; Ruth Harris, Lecturer in Modern History at Oxford University; Robert Tombs, Professor of French History at Cambridge University.

Literature

 * 1898 Poems written by Philadelphia poet Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927) about the affair:


 * "Dreyfus" – published in Poet Lore (September 1898) and subsequently in Mine and Thine (1904).
 * "Dreyfus" – a fugitive poem published in The Independent (16 February 1899).
 * "Picquart" – published in The Century Magazine (July 1902) and subsequently in Mine and Thine (1904) and Poems Vol II.
 * "Le Grand Salut" – published in The Living Age (25 August 1906) and subsequently in Lyrics of Life (1909) and Poems Vol II.


 * 1908 Anatole France: A satirical take on the Dreyfus affair appears in Island of Penguins.
 * 1913 Roger Martin du Gard: The Dreyfus affair occupies most of Martin du Gard's novel Jean Barois.
 * 1922 Marcel Proust, The Dreyfus affair plays an important part in In Search of Lost Time, especially Vols. 3 and 4.
 * 1994 The Dreyfus Centenary Committee, The Dreyfus Centenary Bulletin, London/Bonn.
 * 1994 George Whyte, The Affair in Song; Bibliothèque de documentation internationale contemporaine; Paris, Flammarion.
 * 1996 George Whyte, The Dreyfus Trilogy, Inter Nationes.
 * 2006 George Whyte, The Dreyfus Affair, A Chronological History, Palgrave Macmillan.
 * 2007 George Whyte. Admission is not Acceptance – Reflections on the Dreyfus Affair. Antisemitism. London Valentine Mitchell, 2007; Paris Editions Le Manuscript/Unesco 2008, Buenos Aires Lilmod 2009, Moscow Xonokoct 2010.
 * 2009 A. S. Byatt, the Dreyfus affair is mentioned several times in The Children's Book.
 * 2010 Kate Taylor, A Man in Uniform.
 * 2010 Umberto Eco, the Dreyfus affair is woven into the plot of The Prague Cemetery.
 * 2010 Peter Lang, Die Dreyfus Affäre – Die Macht des Vorurteils, Frankfurt, ISBN 978-3-631-60218-8
 * 2011 The Dreyfus Affair – A Trilogy of Plays, Oberon Books, London, January 2011.
 * 2013 Robert Harris, An Officer and a Spy, London: Hutchinson. 2013. ISBN 978-0-09-194455-1

Theatre

 * 1895 Seymour Hicks wrote a drama titled One of the Best, based on the Dreyfus trial, starring William Terriss. It played at the Adelphi Theatre in London in 1895. The idea was suggested to Hicks by W. S. Gilbert.
 * 1893 Jacob Gordin wrote a drama in Yiddish titled Captain Dreyfus; Pogrom based on the Dreyfus affair. The translation was republished in Nine One-Act Plays from the Yiddish by Bessie F White which was published in 1932.
 * 1992 AJIOM/Captain Dreyfus, Musical. Music and text by George Whyte.
 * 1994 (in English) The Dreyfus Trilogy by George Whyte (in collaboration with Luciano Berio, Jost Meier and Alfred Schnittke) comprising the opera Dreyfus-Die Affäre (Deutsche Oper Berlin, 8 May 1994; Theater Basle, 16 October 1994; The Dreyfus Affair New York City Opera, April 1996); the dance drama Dreyfus – J'accuse (Oper der Stadt Bonn, 4 September 1994) and the musical satire Rage et Outrage (Arte, April 1994; Zorn und Schande, Arte 1994; Rage and Outrage Channel 4, May 1994).
 * 1998 Dreyfus: Prisoner of Devil's Island – Music Theatre piece – Music and Lyrics by Bryan Kesselman, St Giles Cripplegate, London, November 1998; Part of the 9th London international Jewish Music Festival.
 * 2008 Dreyfus In time by George Whyte, Opernhaus Zurich, December 2008; Jüdisches Museum Berlin, May 2009. Also in German, English, French, Hungarian, Hebrew and Czech.

Radio drama

 * 2009 BBC Radio, J'Accuse, UK, Hattie Naylor. Radio dramatisation inspired by a newspaper article written by Émile Zola in response to the Dreyfus Affair of the 1890s. BBC Radio 4, broadcast on 13 June 2009.