Accursed Politics
Subtitle: Some French Women Writers and Political Life, 1715-1850
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Published: May 25, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781566634991
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Literary studies: general; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Women's studies; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; French Literature; Women Authors; Biography & Autobiography; Literature - Classics / Criticism; French; Biography/Autobiography; Europe; General; European - French; Political History; Political Science / Practical Politics; Women; Women and literature; Women authors, French; 18th century; 19th century; France; History; Political activity
Description: "Accursed Politics - a potent phrase used by one of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's female characters - probes the intriguingly subtle equivocations revealed by six highly gifted and fascinating French women writers who were deeply involved in the revolutionary political life of their day. Ostensibly denied any public political role, they paid lip service to the conventional pieties of marriage and motherhood, and went their own way. In a time of political, social, and economic upheaval, their activities, as elegantly described by Renee Winegarten, ranged widely through the political spectrum before, during, and after the Revolution of 1789."

"In Accursed Politics, Ms. Winegarten brings these absorbing women to life in a piece of history that has considerable resonance for our own time. It is a tale of ambitions overriding social expectations."--Jacket.