A History of Women's Writing in France
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A History of Women's Writing in France by Sonya Stephens
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.
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The Editor: Sonya Stephens is Professor of Modern French Literature and Culture at Royal Holloway, University of London. She received her Ph.D. in French from the University of Cambridge. She has published widely on Baudelaire and nineteenth-century French culture and is the author of Baudelaire's Prose Poems: The Practice and Politics of Irony. She is also the editor of A History of Women's Writing in France and XIX Journal of the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes. She is currently working on her next book, The Art of the Unfinished: Representing Process in Nineteenth-Century France.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521588447 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521588448 |
| Title | A History of Women's Writing in France |
| Author | Sonya Stephens |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2000-05-08 |
| Number of pages | 326 |
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