French Women Writers and the Book: Myths of Access and Desire

By Tilde A. Sankovitch

Book Overview

Examines the work of French women writers, Marie de France, Simone de Beauvoir and Helene Cixous, and three who are much less well-known, Madeline and Catherine des Roches and Marie de Gournay. This study shows how they have dealt with the challenge of entering the male literary tradition.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081562431X
• ISBN13: 9780815624318
• Release Date: April 1988
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"