George Sand : Writing for Her Life / / Isabelle Naginski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Naginski, Isabelle, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, [1991]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Sand was a prolific writer of nearly 60 novels who dealt with the serious issues of her time and was identified with the Romantic literary movement. Yet serious study of her works is lacking, for Sand became known more for her eccentric lifestyle and love affairs with famous contemporaries, i.e., Alfred de Musset and Frederic Chopin, than her career as a writer. Moreover, she was unique in her approach as a woman who refused to trivialize her craft because of her gender. The author of this critical study sets the record straight, belatedly bestowing upon Sand the academic acclaim that is long past due. Through extensive analysis of her principal works, she delineates her progression from mal du siecle pessimism to utopian optimism and from diagnosing society's ills to prescribing a cure for them. The author (French, Russian, and comparative literature, Tufts Univ.) has aptly illuminated Sand's unique narrative approach and has opened the door for further examination of her works.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 Gynography and Androgyny

CHAPTER 2 Histoire du rêveur: The Dreamer's Plot

CHAPTER 3 Indiana or the Creation of a Literary Voice

CHAPTER 4 Valentine and the Theory of Spheres

CHAPTER 5 Lélia: Novel of the Invisible

CHAPTER 6 Two Metaphysical Novels: Spiridion and the Lélia of 1839

CHAPTER 7 From Desolatio to Consolatio: The Utopian Convalescence of an Enfant du siècle

CHAPTER 8 Consuelo and La Comtesse de Rudolstadt: From Gothic Novel to Novel of Initiation

CHAPTER 9 Articulating an Ars Poetica

NOTES

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. Sep 2023)

ISBN:

0-8135-6691-6