Description
Les Femmes et la tradition litt�raire, a two-part anthology, offers a sweeping historical overview of women’s literature in France from the twelfth century to the present. Generously illustrated and richly annotated, it presents writers such as H�lisenne de Crenne, Gabrielle de Villeneuve, Louise Ackermann and Ren�e Vivien along with more familiar figures including Lab�, Lafayette, Sand, Beauvoir, Colette and Duras. In addition to novels, short stories and poetry, it features fairy tales, sentimental and philosophical letters, feminist political and literary manifestos and some medieval and Renaissance selections appearing for the first time in modern French. Les Femmes et la tradition litt�raire, a two-part anthology, offers a sweeping historical overview of women’s literature in France from the twelfth century to the present. Generously illustrated and richly annotated, it presents writers such as H�lisenne de Crenne, Gabrielle de Villeneuve, Louise Ackermann and Ren�e Vivien along with more familiar figures including Lab�, Lafayette, Sand, Beauvoir, Colette and Duras. In addition to novels, short stories and poetry, it features fairy tales, sentimental and philosophical letters, feminist political and literary manifestos and some medieval and Renaissance selections appearing for the first time in modern French.
Les femmes et la tradition litt�raire, anthologie en deux parties, offre un vaste tableau historique de la litt�rature f�minine en France du XIIe si�cle � nos jours. Enrichie de nombreuses illustrations et de commentaires critiques, elle pr�sente des �crivaines telles que H�lisenne de Crenne, Gabrielle de Villeneuve, Louise Ackermann et Ren�e Vivien aussi bien que des auteurs plus connues comme Lab�, Lafayette, Sand, Beauvoir, Colette et Duras. Outre des extraits de romans, des nouvelles et des po�mes, elle comprend des contes de f�es, des lettres sentimentales et philosophiques, des manifestes politiques et litt�raires et des textes du Moyen �ge et de la Renaissance paraissant pour la premi�re fois en fran�ais moderne. "A marvelous work . . . an enduring contribution to women’s studies. It is informative in its encyclopedic shape and in its writing has the aura and enthusiasm of a life-work celebrating the cause of the woman writer. The book will be an event in what it offers as a history and an overview of �criture f�minine by women.”--Tom Conley, Harvard University
"An important contribution . . . a carefully planned and well-executed anthology. Excellent.”--Elaine Marks, University of Wisconsin, Madison
"A superb volume that brings together the best of French literature by women and American scholarship about women’s literature. I am very happy to give this project my warmest, most enthusiastic recommendation.”--Marilyn Schuster, Smith College
Les femmes et la tradition litt�raire, anthologie en deux parties, offre un vaste tableau historique de la litt�rature f�minine en France du XIIe si�cle � nos jours. Enrichie de nombreuses illustrations et de commentaires critiques, elle pr�sente des �crivaines telles que H�lisenne de Crenne, Gabrielle de Villeneuve, Louise Ackermann et Ren�e Vivien aussi bien que des auteurs plus connues comme Lab�, Lafayette, Sand, Beauvoir, Colette et Duras. Outre des extraits de romans, des nouvelles et des po�mes, elle comprend des contes de f�es, des lettres sentimentales et philosophiques, des manifestes politiques et litt�raires et des textes du Moyen �ge et de la Renaissance paraissant pour la premi�re fois en fran�ais moderne. "A marvelous work . . . an enduring contribution to women’s studies. It is informative in its encyclopedic shape and in its writing has the aura and enthusiasm of a life-work celebrating the cause of the woman writer. The book will be an event in what it offers as a history and an overview of �criture f�minine by women.”--Tom Conley, Harvard University
"An important contribution . . . a carefully planned and well-executed anthology. Excellent.”--Elaine Marks, University of Wisconsin, Madison
"A superb volume that brings together the best of French literature by women and American scholarship about women’s literature. I am very happy to give this project my warmest, most enthusiastic recommendation.”--Marilyn Schuster, Smith College
