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Women’s writing in contemporary France

New writers, new literatures in the 1990s
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Women’s Writing in Contemporary France offers a thorough introduction and analysis of French women's literature from the 1980s and 1990s. It situates both established and emerging female authors at the heart of modern French literary trends and issues, featuring 15 original essays focusing on individual writers. The book includes specialist biographies, English translations, major interviews, quotations, and key critical studies, highlighting figures such as Paule Constant, Sylvie Germain, Marie Redonnet, Leila Sebbar, Christine Angot, Marie Darrieussecq, and Regine Detambel.
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This book is ideal for students and scholars of contemporary French literature, feminist literary studies, and those interested in women's cultural contributions in France.

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An up-to-date introduction to an analysis of new women's writing in contemporary France, including both new writers of the 1990s and their more established counter-parts

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This introduction to and analysis of women's writing in contemporary France includes both new writers of the 1990s and their more established counterparts. It situates these authors and their texts at the centre of the trends and issues concerning modern French literary production, whilst 15 original essays focus on individual writers.

The text also discusses authors published in the 1980s who gained mainstream status with new publications in the 1990s, such as Paule Constant, Sylvie Germain, Marie Redonnet, and Leila Sebbar, and looks at up-and-coming authors, including Christine Angot, Marie Darrieussecq, and Regine Detambel.

There are specialist biographies on each writer, English translations, major interviews, quotations, and key critical studies.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780719062278

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 January 2003

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Manchester University Press

Contributors:

  • Edited by Gill Rye
  • Edited by Michael Worton
  • Edited by Gill Rye
  • Edited by Michael Worton

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 354g

Pages: 272

About the Author

Gill Rye is Lecturer in French at the Institute of Romance Studies, University of London Michael Worton is Vice-Provost and Fielden Professor of French Language and Literature at University College, London

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