Destins de femmes / John Claiborne Isbell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Isbell, John Claiborne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French literature--18th century.

French literature.

Romanticism--History.

Romanticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 181 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2023.

Summary:

"Destins de femmes is the first comprehensive overview of French women writers during the turbulent period of 1750-1850. John Isbell provides an essential collection that illuminates the impact women writers had on French literature and politics during a time marked by three revolutions, the influx of Romantic art, and rapid technological change. Each of the book's thirty chapters introduces a prominent work by a different female author writing in French during the period, from Germaine de Staël to George Sand, from the admired salon libertine Marie du Deffand to Flora Tristan, tireless campaigner for socialism and women's rights. Isbell draws from multi-genre writers working in prose, poetry and correspondence and addresses the breadth of women's contribution to the literature of the age. Isbell also details the important events which shaped the writers' lives and contextualises their work amidst the liberties both given and taken away from women during the period. This anthology fills a significant gap in the secondary literature on this transformative century, which often overlooks women who were working and active. It invites a further gendered investigation of the impact of revolution and Romanticism on the content and nature of French women's writing, and will therefore be appropriate for both general readers, students, and academics analysing history and literature through a feminist lens."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Introduction / John Claiborne Isbel

1. Marie de Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise du Deffand / John Claiborne Isbell

2. Marie Jeanne Riccoboni / John Claiborne Isbell

3. Louise Florence Pétronille Tardieu d'Esclavelles d'Épinay / John Claiborne Isbell

4. Julie Jeanne Éléonore de Lespinasse / John Claiborne Isbell

5. Suzanne Necker / John Claiborne Isbell

6. Isabelle Agnès Élisabeth de Charrière / John Claiborne Isbell

7. Stéphanie Félicité, Marquise de Sillery, Comtesse de Genlis / John Claiborne Isbell

8. Marie Olympe Gouze [Olympe de Gouges] / John Claiborne Isbell

9. Marie Jeanne 'Manon' Roland de la Platière / John Claiborne Isbell

10. Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun / John Claiborne Isbell

11. Adélaïde Marie Émilie de Souza-Botelho / John Claiborne Isbell

12. Sophie de Grouchy or Sophie de Condorcet / John Claiborne Isbell

13. Beate Barbara Juliane Freifrau von Krüdener / John Claiborne Isbell

14. Anne Louise Germaine, Baronne de Staël-Holstein / John Claiborne Isbell

15. Constance Marie Pipelet or Constance, Princesse de Salm / John Claiborne Isbell

16. Henriette Lucie Dillon, Marquise de La Tour-du-Pin Gouvernet / John Claiborne Isbell

17. Marie Sophie Risteau Cottin / John Claiborne Isbell

18. Marie Françoise Sophie Gay / John Claiborne Isbell

19. Claire Louisa Rose Bonne, Duchesse de Duras / John Claiborne Isbell

20. Claire Élisabeth Jeanne, Comtesse de Rémusat / John Claiborne Isbell

21. Adélaïde Charlotte Louise Éléonore, Comtesse de Boigne / John Claiborne Isbell

22. Marceline Félicité Josèphe Desbordes-Valmore / John Claiborne Isbell 23. Hortense Thérèse Sigismonde Sophie Alexandrine Allart de Méritens / John Claiborne Isbell

24. Flore Célestine Thérèse Henriette Tristán y Moscoso [Flora Tristan] / John Claiborne Isbell

25. Delphine Gay de Girardin [Vicomte de Launay] / John Claiborne Isbell

26. Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, Baronne Dudevant[George Sand] / John Claiborne Isbell

27. Louise Angélique Bertin / John Claiborne Isbell

28. Marie Catherine Sophie de Flavigny, Comtesse d'Agoult [Daniel Stern] / John Claiborne Isbell

29. Julienne Joséphine Gauvin [Juliette Drouet] / John Claiborne Isbell

30. Louise Colet / John Claiborne Isbell.

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