French Women Writers

by Eva M. Sartori

Book Overview

Marie de France, Mme. De S vign , and Mme. De Lafayette achieved international reputations during periods when women in other European countries were able to write only letters, translations, religious tracts, and miscellaneous fragments. There were obstacles, but French women writers were more or less sustained and empowered by the French culture. Often unconventional in their personal lives and occupied with careers besides writing-as educators,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803292244
• ISBN13: 9780803292246
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 632 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"