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Hardback. Num Pages: 231 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
This is the first book-length study of female adolescence in the French novel of this period. It analyzes representations of the "world apart" of female adolescence in selected novels from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In the nineteenth century, several factors contributed to the shaping of a new social category for young women, which then gained increasing attention from writers. Art and life echoed one another, as novels about female adolescents created a social stir, and incited further discussion about the proper role for young women in French society. In this book, the author considers key novels ... Read more
This is the first book-length study of female adolescence in the French novel of this period. It analyzes representations of the "world apart" of female adolescence in selected novels from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In the nineteenth century, several factors contributed to the shaping of a new social category for young women, which then gained increasing attention from writers. Art and life echoed one another, as novels about female adolescents created a social stir, and incited further discussion about the proper role for young women in French society. In this book, the author considers key novels ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
Number of Pages
231
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611483253
SKU
V9781611483253
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About Beth W. Gale
Beth W. Gale is associate professor of French at Clark University.
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