French women's writing: 1848 - 1994

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&...

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Main Author: Holmes, Diana 1949- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London [u.a.] Athlone Press 1996
Edition:1. publ.
Series:Women in context 3
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:XVIII, 320 S.
ISBN:0485910047
0485920042

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