Women's writing in nineteenth-century France /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in French ;
65. |
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Table of Contents:
- Prejudice and reassessment
- Conditions for women writers
- The early nineteenth century: the age of Napoleon and the aftermath of revolution (1800-1829). Overview, 1800-1829 ; "Foremothers" and Germanine de Staël ; Writing about history: Henriette de La Tour du Pin ; Mad matriarchs and other family members: Sophie Cottin
- Rank and race: Claire du Duras ; The invisible women of French theater
- Mid-century: George Sand and her contemporaries (1830-1869). Overview, 1830-1869 ; George Sand, presiding genius ; Confidence and the woman writer: Amable Tastu and Sophie Ulliac-Trémadeure ; Shame, embarrassment and Sophie's misfortunes: the comtesse de Ségur ; Adventure and travel: Flora Tristan and Léonie D'Aunet ; The journalist: Delphine de Girardin ; Feeling and poetic technique: Marceline Desbordes-Valmore ; Women and politics
- Naturalism and symbolism: the beginnings of a new era (1870-1899). Overview, 1870-1899 ; A new boldness: Marcelle Tinayre, Louise Ackermann and Gyp ; Experiment: naturalism, symbolism and Marie Krysinska ; Cruelty to humans and animals: Louise Michel ; Rachilde and the horror of gender confusion ; Postscript: England ; Legacies.