A History of Women`s Writing in France by Sonya Stephens - 2000

Cambridge University Press, 2000. First edition. Softcover. New. This volume is a chronological survey of women`s writing in France from the sixth century to the present day. Specially-commissioned essays by leading scholars provide the first introduction in English to the wealth and diversity of French women writers, offering new readings and new perspectives. Each chapter focuses on a given period and range of writers, taking account of prevailing sexual ideologies and social, political, economic and cultural surroundings. Extensive reference features include a bibliography and guide to more than one hundred and fifty writers and their works. Contents Introduction Sonya Stephens 1. Female voices in convents, courts and households: the French middle ages Roberta L. Krueger 2. To choose ink and pen: French Renaissance women`s writing Cathleen M. Bauschatz 3. Altering the fabric of history: women’s participation in the classical age Faith E. Beasley 4. The eighteenth century: women writing, women learning Jean Bloch 5. Eighteenth-century women novelists’ genre and gender Martin Hall 6. The 19th century: shaping women Rosemary Lloyd 7. 1900–1969: writing the void Alex Hughes 8. From order to adventure: women’s writing since 1970 Leslie Hill 9. Changing the script: women and the rise of autobiography Michael Sheringham 10. Women poets of the twentieth century Michael Bishop 11. Voicing the feminine: French women playwrights of the twentieth century Mary Noonan 12. Feminist literary theory Judith Still Bibliography of women writers and their work. Printed Pages: 324.