num_pages: 176
description: Examines the work of French women writers, Marie de France, Simone de Beauvoir and Helene Cixous, and three who are much less well-known, Madeline and Catherine des Roches and Marie de Gournay. This study shows how they have dealt with the challenge of entering the male literary tradition.
language: English
title: French Women Writers and the Book: Myths of Access and Desire
titlecomplete: French Women Writers and the Book: Myths of Access and Desire
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Syracuse University Press