Synopses & Reviews
Les Femmes et la tradition littand#233;raire, a two-part anthology, offers a sweeping historical overview of womenand#8217;s literature in France from the twelfth century to the present. Generously illustrated and richly annotated, it presents writers such as Hand#233;lisenne de Crenne, Gabrielle de Villeneuve, Louise Ackermann and Renand#233;e Vivien along with more familiar figures including Laband#233;, 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 littand#233;raire, a two-part anthology, offers a sweeping historical overview of womenand#8217;s literature in France from the twelfth century to the present. Generously illustrated and richly annotated, it presents writers such as Hand#233;lisenne de Crenne, Gabrielle de Villeneuve, Louise Ackermann and Renand#233;e Vivien along with more familiar figures including Laband#233;, 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 littand#233;raire, anthologie en deux parties, offre un vaste tableau historique de la littand#233;rature fand#233;minine en France du XIIe siand#232;cle and#224; nos jours. Enrichie de nombreuses illustrations et de commentaires critiques, elle prand#233;sente des and#233;crivaines telles que Hand#233;lisenne de Crenne, Gabrielle de Villeneuve, Louise Ackermann et Renand#233;e Vivien aussi bien que des auteurs plus connues comme Laband#233;, Lafayette, Sand, Beauvoir, Colette et Duras. Outre des extraits de romans, des nouvelles et des poand#232;mes, elle comprend des contes de fand#233;es, des lettres sentimentales et philosophiques, des manifestes politiques et littand#233;raires et des textes du Moyen and#194;ge et de la Renaissance paraissant pour la premiand#232;re fois en franand#231;ais moderne.and#147;A marvelous work . . . an enduring contribution to womenand#8217;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 and#233;criture fand#233;minine by women.and#8221;and#151;Tom Conley, Harvard University
and#147;An important contribution . . . a carefully planned and well-executed anthology. Excellent.and#8221;and#151;Elaine Marks, University of Wisconsin, Madison
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and#147;A superb volume that brings together the best of French literature by women and American scholarship about womenand#8217;s literature. I am very happy to give this project my warmest, most enthusiastic recommendation.and#8221;and#151;Marilyn Schuster, Smith College
About the Author
Vicki Mistacco is a specialist of the French novel and of womenand#8217;s writing in French across the centuries. She is Professor of French at Wellesley College.