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The Forgotten Generation by Jennifer E Milligan

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Part of Berg French Studies Series series

Summary

As a wave of open misogyny swept through French literature and society, a new generation of professional women writers took up pen to redress the situation. This book analyzes and challenges the way in which these women writers have been marginalized and offers reappraisals of their thematically and aesthetically innovative works.

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The Forgotten Generation by Jennifer E Milligan

As a wave of open misogyny swept through French literature and society in the aftermath of the Great War, a new generation of professional women writers took up pen to redress the situation. They disputed the prescriptive social and cultural roles ascribed to women and proposed inspiring new definitions of womanhood. Many critics today are oblivious to women's literary achievements during this period, which remain subject to severe critical neglect. This book analyzes and challenges the way in which these important women writers have been marginalized in the annals of French literary history and offers fresh readings and reappraisals of their thematically and aesthetically innovative works.

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'This very readable study not only opens up new paths for reading [..] and for research (the foonotes and bibliography are excellent), but also provides a carefully reseravhed analysis of theprocess of canon compilation, and a well contextualised discussion of the relationship between history, gender and genre.'Modern and Contemporary France'definitely a useful critical addition to women's studies and contemporary fictional studies, extending the corpus of primary material for both students and specialists, and full of fascinating details'MLR'By re-examining women's writing within both social and literary contexts, this study provides fruitful revalorisation of the period, of romance and autobiography, and will allow other researchers to build on well-considered foundations'Forum for Modern Language Studies
Jennifer E. Milligan Jennifer Milligan,Lecturer at St. John's College, Oxford
SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9781859731130
ISBN 10 1859731139
Title The Forgotten Generation
Author Jennifer E Milligan
Series Berg French Studies Series
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 1997-04-01
Number of pages 224
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