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The Evolution of the French Courtesan Novel. From de Chabrillan to Colette.
Courtney Sullivan
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Description for The Evolution of the French Courtesan Novel. From de Chabrillan to Colette.
Hardback. Num Pages: 136 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 314.
‘Sullivan’s outstanding book is the first to show how French courtesans were fully-fledged masters of the pen as well as proverbial ladies of the night. We learn how their rewriting of classics such as The Lady of the Camellias and their response to a male “backlash” inspire Colette in previously unseen ways.’ — Nicholas White, University of Cambridge, UK
This book is about the autobiographical fictions of nineteenth-century French courtesans. In response to damaging representations of their kind in Zola and Alexandre Dumas' novels, Céleste de Chabrillan, Valtesse de la Bigne, and Liane de Pougy crafted fictions recounting their ... Read more
‘Sullivan’s outstanding book is the first to show how French courtesans were fully-fledged masters of the pen as well as proverbial ladies of the night. We learn how their rewriting of classics such as The Lady of the Camellias and their response to a male “backlash” inspire Colette in previously unseen ways.’ — Nicholas White, University of Cambridge, UK
This book is about the autobiographical fictions of nineteenth-century French courtesans. In response to damaging representations of their kind in Zola and Alexandre Dumas' novels, Céleste de Chabrillan, Valtesse de la Bigne, and Liane de Pougy crafted fictions recounting their ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Number of Pages
127
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137597083
SKU
V9781137597083
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About Courtney Sullivan
Courtney Sullivan is Professor of French at Washburn University, USA.
Reviews for The Evolution of the French Courtesan Novel. From de Chabrillan to Colette.
“The Evolution of the French Courtesan Novel makes an important contribution to feminist approaches to French literature. Not only does Sullivan’s study postulate a new category, but it makes a convincing case for the construction of a discourse that counters, in a way that was apparently threatening to male writers, the hegemonic male discourse surrounding fictions of the sex worker.” ... Read more