The Forgotten Generation: French Women Writers of the Inter-War Period

by Jennifer E. Milligan

Book Overview

As a wave of open misogyny swept through French literature and society in the aftermath of the Great War, a new generation of professional women writers took up pen to redress the situation. They disputed the prescriptive social and cultural roles ascribed to women and proposed inspiring new definitions of womanhood. Many critics today are oblivious to women's literary achievements during this period, which remain subject to severe critical neglect...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185973118X
• ISBN13: 9781859731185
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Berg 3pl
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.4"