| Women Writers in Pre-Revolutionary France: Strategies of Emancipation Contributor(s): Winn, Colette H. (Editor), Kuizenga, Donna (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0815323670 ISBN-13: 9780815323679 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $133.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 1997 Annotation: This extensive collection of English-language essays examines the many strategies of resistance to male domination that women in France from the 16th through the 18th centuries utilized in their lives and their writings. Themes treated include women's views on marriage, religion, education, careers, tradition, and narrative and rhetorical innovation. The 28 essays cover such well-known writers as Marguerite de Navarre and Madame de Charri re, as well as unjustly neglected figures from H lisenne de Crenne to Mme d'Aulnoy. Nearly all genres are discussed: novels, theater, short stories, poetry, textual commentary, letters, autobiography and memoirs. While most essays focus on one writer, some deal with such topics as the development of a women's rhetoric, the association of letter writing with women, or the fairy tale; and all of the studies are informed by the various currents of feminist criticism. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - French - Literary Collections |
| Dewey: 840.992 |
| LCCN: 97011297 |
| Series: Women Writers of the World |
| Physical Information: 1.33" H x 6.02" W x 8.52" (1.58 lbs) 480 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This extensive collection of English-language essays examines the many strategies of resistance to male domination that women in France from the 16th through the 18th centuries utilized in their lives and their writings. |