num_pages: 297
description: This treatise argues that women writers were the originators of the modern novel in France. It uses the novels of Scudery and Lafayette to illustrate how such works undermined French tradition by suggesting that women had a right to choose their husbands and to lead independent lives.
language: English
title: Tender Geographies: Women and the Origins of the Novel in France
titlecomplete: Tender Geographies: Women and the Origins of the Novel in France (Gender and Culture)
ratings_count: 12
publisher: Columbia University Press