Accursed politics : some French women writers and political life, 1715-1850 / Renee Winegarten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winegarten, Renee.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women authors, French--Political activity.

Women authors, French.

Women and literature--France--History--18th century.

Women and literature.

Politics and literature.

History.

Political participation.

France.

Women and literature--France--History--19th century.

Politics and literature--France--History--18th century.

Politics and literature--France--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

vii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : I.R. Dee, 2003.

Summary:

Renee Winegarten probes intriguingly subtle equivocations revealed by six highly gifted fascinating French women writers who were deeply involved in the political life of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Ostensibly denied any public political role, they paid lip service to the conventional pieties and went their own way, ranging widely though the political specturm. ""A literary triumph."" --Hilton Kramer

Contents:

Prologue: In Search of a Political Voice 3

1 Alexandrine de Tencin: Scandal, Intrigue, and Politics 25

2 Manon Roland: The Making of a Revolutionary 61

3 Claire de Duras: Dilemmas of a Liberal Royalist 94

4 Felicite de Genlis: The Cover-up 118

5 Germaine de Stael: Against the Wind 153

6 George Sand: The Struggle with Class 191.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1566634997

OCLC:

52263474