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Author | : Alison Finch |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2000-08-10 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780521631860 |
Download Women's Writing in Nineteenth-Century France Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This is the most complete critical survey to date of women's literature in nineteenth-century France. Alison Finch's wide-ranging analysis of some 60 writers reflects the rich diversity of a century that begins with Mme de Staël's cosmopolitanism and ends with Rachilde's perverse eroticism. Finch's study brings out the contribution not only of major figures like George Sand but also of many other talented and important writers who have been unjustly rejected, including Flora Tristan, Claire de Duras and Delphine de Girardin. Her account opens new perspectives on the interchange between male and female authors and on women's literary traditions during the period. She discusses popular and serious writing: fiction, verse, drama, memoirs, journalism, feminist polemic, historiography, travelogues, children's tales, religious and political thought - often brave, innovative texts linked to women's social and legal status in an oppressive society. Extensive reference features include bibliographical guides to texts and writers.
Author | : Julie L.. J. Koehler |
Publisher | : Wayne State University Press |
Total Pages | : 483 |
Release | : 2021-10-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0814345026 |
Download Women Writing Wonder Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Duggan, and Adrion Dula hope both to foreground women writers' important contributions to the genre and to challenge common assumptions about what a fairy tale is for scholars, students, and general readers.
Author | : Sonya Stephens |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2000-05-22 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780521581677 |
Download A History of Women's Writing in France Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This volume was the first historical introduction to women's writing in France from the sixth century to the present day. Specially-commissioned essays by leading scholars provide an introduction in English to the wealth and diversity of French women writers, offering fascinating readings and perspectives. The volume as a whole offers a cohesive history of women's writing which has sometimes been obscured by the canonisation of a small feminine elite. Each chapter focuses on a given period and a range of writers, taking account of prevailing sexual ideologies and women's activities in, or their relation to, the social, political, economic and cultural surroundings. Complemented by an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary works and a biographical guide to more than one hundred and fifty women writers, it represents an invaluable resource for those wishing to discover or extend their knowledge of French literature written by women.
Author | : Rachel Mesch |
Publisher | : Vanderbilt University Press |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780826515315 |
Download The Hysteric's Revenge Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Brings into relief a critical relationship between the female mind and body that is essential to understanding the discursive position of the turn-of-the-century woman writer. This book includes novels that confront this mind/body problem through a wide variety of styles and genres that challenge conventional fin-de-siecle notions of femininity.
Author | : Rachel Mesch |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 421 |
Release | : 2020-05-12 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 150361235X |
Download Before Trans Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
“This thoughtful academic treatise . . . explores the lives of three famous gender nonconformists in fin-de-siècle Paris.” —Publishers Weekly Before the term “transgender” existed, there were those who experienced their gender in complex ways. Before Trans examines the lives and writings of Jane Dieulafoy (1850–1916), Rachilde (1860–1953), and Marc de Montifaud (1845–1912), three French writers whose gender expression did not conform to nineteenth-century notions of femininity. Dieulafoy fought alongside her husband in the Franco-Prussian War; later she wrote novels about girls becoming boys and enjoyed being photographed in her signature men's suits. Rachilde became famous in the 1880s for her controversial gender-bending novel Monsieur Vénus, published around the same time that she started using a calling card that read “Rachilde, Man of Letters.” Montifaud turned to erotic writings, for which she was repeatedly charged with "offense to public decency"; she wore tailored men's suits and a short haircut and went by masculine pronouns among certain friends. Dieulafoy, Rachilde, and Montifaud established themselves as fixtures in the literary world of fin-de-siècle Paris at the same time as French writers, scientists, and doctors were becoming fascinated with sexuality and sexual difference. Even so, the concept of gender identity as separate from sexual identity did not yet exist. Before Trans explores these three figures' efforts to articulate a sense of selfhood that did not align with the conventional gender roles of their day. Their personal stories provide vital historical context for our own efforts to understand the nature of gender identity. “A fresh and original take on trans history.” —Jack Halberstam, author of The Queer Art of Failure
Author | : comtesse Cäleste Vänard de Chabrillan |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9780803282735 |
Download Memoirs of a Courtesan in Nineteenth-century Paris Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
When Cäleste Mogador's memoirs were first published in 1854 and again in 1858, they were immediately seized and condemned as immoral and unsuitable for public consumption. For a reader in our more forgiving times, this extraordinary document offers not only a portrait of the early life of an intelligent, courageous, and infinitely intriguing Frenchwoman but also an exceedingly rare inside look at the world of the courtesans and prostitutes of nineteenth-century France. ø Writing to conciliate judges and creditors, Mogador (born Cäleste Venard in 1824) explains how with tenacity, wit, and audacity, she managed to escape a difficult childhood and subsequent life of prostitution to become, successively, a darling of the dance halls, a circus rider, and an actress, all the while attracting wealthy young men who vied for her favor. Although her account gives readers a peek into the rakish demimonde made famous by Verdi's opera La Traviata, its greatest value lies in its candid picture of a spunky, self-educated woman who doggedly transformed herself into an esteemed and prolific novelist and playwright, who fell in love with a count and married him, and who made her name synonymous with the bohemian life of the 1840s and 1850s in Paris.
Author | : Hilary Fraser |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2014-09-04 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1107075750 |
Download Women Writing Art History in the Nineteenth Century Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book examines women's art writing in the nineteenth century, challenging the idea of art history as a masculine intellectual field.
Author | : Claire Goldberg Moses |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1984-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780873958592 |
Download French Feminism in the 19th Century Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Histories of France have erased the feminist presence from nineteenth-century political life and the feminist impact from the changes that affected the lives of the French. Now, French Feminism in the Nineteenth Century completes the history books by restoring this missing--and vital--chapter of French history. The book recounts the turbulent story of nineteenth-century French feminism, placing it in the context of the general political events that influenced its development. It also examines feminist thought and activities, using the very words of the women themselves--in books, newspapers, pamphlets, memoirs, diaries, speeches, and letters. Featured is a wealth of previously unpublished personal letters written by Saint-Simonian women. These engrossing documents reveal the nuances of changing consciousness and show how it led to an autonomous women's movement. Also explored are the relationships between feminist ideology and women's actual status--legal, social, and economic--during the century. Both bourgeois and working-class women are surveyed. Beginning with a general survey of feminism in France, the book provides historical context and clarifies the later vicissitudes of the "condition feminine."
Author | : Matthew L. Reznicek |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1942954328 |
Download The European Metropolis Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Building on the long-standing image of Paris as the "Capital of the Nineteenth Century" and the "Capital of Modernity," this book examines the city's place in the imagination of Irish women writers in the long nineteenth century.
Author | : Dale M. Bauer |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2001-11-15 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1139826085 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to Nineteenth-Century American Women's Writing Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Providing an overview of the history of writing by women in the period, this 2001 Companion establishes the context in which this writing emerged, and traces the origin of the terms which have traditionally defined the debate. It includes essays on topics of recent concern, such as women and war, erotic violence, the liberating and disciplinary effects of religion, and examines the work of a variety of women writers, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Rebecca Harding Davis and Louisa May Alcott. The volume plots new directions for the study of American literary history, and provides several valuable tools for students, including a chronology of works and suggestions for further reading.