French Women WritersEva Martin Sartori, Dorothy Wynne Zimmerman U of Nebraska Press, 1994 M01 1 - 632 pages Marie de France, Mme. De Sävignä, and Mme. De Lafayette achieved international reputations during periods when women in other European countries were able to write only letters, translations, religious tracts, and miscellaneous fragments. There were obstacles, but French women writers were more or less sustained and empowered by the French culture. Often unconventional in their personal lives and occupied with careers besides writing?as educators, painters, actresses, preachers, salon hostesses, labor organizers?these women did not wait for Simone de Beauvoir to tell them to make existential choices and have "projects in the world." French Women Writers describes the lives and careers of fifty-two literary figures from the twelfth century to the late twentieth. All the contributors are recognized authorities. Some of their subjects, like Colette and George Sand, are celebrated, and others are just now gaining critical notice. From Christine de Pizan and Marguerite de Navarre to Rachilde and Häl_ne Cixous, from Louise Labe to Marguerite Duras?these women speak through the centuries to issues of gender, sexuality, and language. French Women Writers now becomes widely available in this Bison Book edition. |
Contents
Marie dAgoult | 1 |
Simone de Beauvoir | 21 |
Isabelle de Charrière | 35 |
Christine de Pizan 56 | 56 |
Hélisenne de Crenne 66 99 | 66 |
Colette | 78 |
Paul J Archambault and Marianna Mustacchi Archambault | 99 |
Marceline DesbordesValmore 1221 | 121 |
Françoise MalletJoris | 305 |
Marie de France | 324 |
Rachilde | 346 |
Christiane Rochefort | 369 |
Françoise Sagan | 390 |
Nathalie Sarraute | 412 |
Madeleine de Scudéry | 430 |
Marie de RabutinChantal Marquise de Sévigné | 453 |
Marie de VichyChamrond Marquise du Deffand | 134 |
Claire de Duras | 153 |
Judith Gautier | 170 |
Delphine Gay de Girardin | 188 |
Françoise dIssembourg dHapponcourt de Graffigny | 208 |
Luce Irigaray | 229 |
Julia Kristeva | 244 |
Louise Labé | 262 |
MarieMadeleine Pioche de La Vergne Comtesse | 272 |
Violette Leduc | 285 |
ClaudineAlexandrine Guérin de Tencin | 473 |
The Trobairitz | 495 |
Simone Weil | 513 |
Marguerite Yourcenar | 535 |
Situating Women Writers in French History | 549 |
List of Authors by Date of Birth | 572 |
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Contributors | 625 |
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French Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Source Book Eva M. Sartori,Dorothy Zimmerman No preview available - 1991 |
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