The forgotten generation : French women writers of the inter-war period / Jennifer E. Milligan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milligan, Jennifer E.

Series:

Berg French studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

French literature--Women authors.

French literature--20th century--History and criticism.

French literature.

Women and literature--France--History.

Women and literature.

History.

France.

Physical Description:

ix, 236 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Berg, 1996.

Summary:

As a wave of open misogyny swept through French literature and society in the aftermath of the Great War, a new generation of professional women writers took up pen to redress the situation. They disputed the prescriptive social and cultural roles ascribed to women and proposed inspiring new definitions of womanhood. Many critics today are oblivious to women's literary achievements during this period, which remain subject to severe critical neglect. This book analyzes and challenges the way in which these important women writers have been marginalized in the annals of French literary history and offers fresh readings and reappraisals of their thematically and aesthetically innovative works.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-231) and index.

ISBN:

1859731139

185973118X

OCLC:

35450564