Women in French society 1848-1914 -- George Sand and the problem of authority -- Feminism, romance and the popular novel: Colette Yver, Gabrielle Reval and Marcelle Tinayre -- Rachilde: decadence, misogyny and the woman writer -- From the pillory to Sappho's Island: the poetry of Renée Vivien -- Women in French society 1914-1958 -- Everyday adventures, or what makes Colette a feminine writer -- Simone de Beauvoir and The second sex -- Elsa Triolet: stories of exile and resistance -- Women in French society 1958-94 -- Ecriture féminine: the theory of a feminine writing -- Defining a feminine writing: Chantal Chawaf and Marguerite Duras -- Feminism and realism: Christiane Rochefort and Annie Ernaux -- An open conclusion: women's writing now.
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"A wide range of French women writers is surveyed, some like Sand, Colette, Beauvoir, Duras, already 'canonized', some marginalised or forgotten, some contemporary names not yet widely known outside France. These writers are seen within the political, economic and cultural context of women's lives and how these have changed across a century-and-a-half. Underpinning the whole account is the relationship between gender and language, between politics sexual and textual."--Jacket.
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9781847141002
French women's writing, 1848-1994.
French literature-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
French literature-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
French literature-- Women authors-- History and criticism.
Women and literature-- France-- History-- 19th century.
Women and literature-- France-- History-- 20th century.
Femmes et littérature-- France-- Histoire.
Littérature française-- 19e siècle-- Histoire et critique.
Littérature française-- 20e siècle-- Histoire et critique.