French women's writing, 1848-1994
By: Diana Holmes.
Series: Women in context ;; 3; Women in context (London, England) ;; 3.
Publisher: Athlone; Athlone Press; Athlone Pr
Published: 1996
Place of publication: London; Atlantic Highlands, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: French literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; French literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; French literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Women and literature -- France -- History -- 20th century.; Women and literature -- France -- History -- 19th century.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-312) and index.