Forensic storytelling and the literary roots of early modern feminism: reSisters

"The writing of letters and the rise of the novel provided a way for some women to express themselves at a time when the all-male French Academy defined the very parameters of French literary acceptability and tradition. Women who were consigned to convents, workhouses or prisons were in most r...

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1. Verfasser: Abrams, Barbara Lise (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York Routledge Taylor & Francis Group 2024
Schriftenreihe:Routledge focus on literature
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Zusammenfassung:"The writing of letters and the rise of the novel provided a way for some women to express themselves at a time when the all-male French Academy defined the very parameters of French literary acceptability and tradition. Women who were consigned to convents, workhouses or prisons were in most respects deprived of agency, yet many found ways to respond to the legal documents served against them. The letters and associated materials preserved in their legal files provide evidence that these women did not remain quiet, as they found means to resist authority. The forensic storytelling examined in this book supports the conclusion that the documents written in these constrained circumstances have both historical and literary merit and form the core of an understudied genre of literature"--
Beschreibung:vii, 161 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm
ISBN:9780367029173
9781032632728

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