Worldwide women writers in Paris : Francophone metronomes / Alison Rice.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rice, Alison, 1973- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

French literature.

French literature--France--Paris--History and criticism.

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

France--Paris.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

This is a study based on a set of filmed interviews with Francophone women writers in Paris that explores the literary phenomenon of an unprecedented number of women from around the world who have moved to Paris and become authors of written works in French.

Contents:

Introduction. The publishing profile : becoming an author and creating literary capital

1. Forging a name : signing off on the foreign leitmotif

2. The pull of Paris : urban European expositions

3. Lessons in French : from translations to multilingual modulations

4. The accent complex : reemphasizing immigrant experiences

5. Family fugues : movements toward worldwide written work

6. The Francophone' fermata : In favor of new strains of interpretation

7. Gendered glissandos : international feminisms in a French frame

8. Improvising improperly : acting out against expected narratives

9. The terms of the text : variations on an autobiographical theme

Conclusion. Da capo al fine : final notes, circling back : recognizing the revolution.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Rice, Alison Worldwide Women Writers in Paris

ISBN:

0-19-266068-3

0-19-193809-2

0-19-266069-1