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Women against Napoleon : historical and fictional responses to his rise and legacy / Waltraud Maierhofer, Gertrud M. Roesch, Caroline Bland (eds.).
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821--Relations with women.
- Napoleon.
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
- Relations with women.
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821--In literature.
- France--History--1789-1815.
- France.
- History.
- Women authors.
- Physical Description:
- 303 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Frankfurt ; New York : Campus Verlag, 2007.
- Summary:
- Although Prussia's beloved Queen Luise and the Swiss-born aristocrat and writer Germaine de Staë l were Napoleon Bonaparte's best-known female opponents, women's discontent with Napoleon and the Napoleonic wars was more widespread- and vocal- than once assumed. "Women against Napoleon" expands our awareness of the range of women's responses to the despot by presenting an international spectrum of female opposition, including contemporary letters, diaries, and published writings, as well as historical fiction of the twentieth century. By setting these materials together, this volume forges new links between literary, historical, and gender scholarship.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 3593384140
- 9783593384146
- OCLC:
- 154689997
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