Forgotten engagements : women, literature and the Left in 1930s France /
Kershaw, Angela.
Forgotten engagements : women, literature and the Left in 1930s France / Angela Kershaw. - 1 online resource (306 pages) - Faux titre, no. 291 0167-9392 ; . - Faux Titre 291. Literature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004357969. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-301) and index.
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Women, Politics and Fiction in 1930s France -- Gender and Genre: The Political Novel -- Fictional Representations of Female Commitment -- Politics and Female Sexuality -- Politics and the Maternal Body -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
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This study is the first to examine the contribution made by women writers to politically committed literature in 1930s France. Its purpose is to bring to light the work of female authors of left-wing fiction whose novels are comparable to those of well-known male practitioners of littérature engagée , such as Paul Nizan and Louis Aragon. It analyses the work of Madeleine Pelletier, Simone Téry, Edith Thomas, Henriette Valet and Louise Weiss in the context of the inter-war models of committed literature in relation to which they were produced. Consideration of this body of fictional texts, not previously brought together by literary historians, shows how women were able to relate to fiction and to politics in inter-war France. Situating the novels within their social, historical, literary and political environment, the book contributes to the literary and cultural history of twentieth century France. The analysis of inter-war political writing by women calls into question the criteria against which women’s writing has been evaluated by feminist scholarship.
9789401204118
10.1163/9789401204118 DOI
1900-1999
Women--History--France--20th century.
Politics and culture.
Women.
Women authors, French.
Women in public life.
Women--Political activity.
France--History--1914-1940.
France.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PQ149 / .K47 2007eb
840.9/9287
Forgotten engagements : women, literature and the Left in 1930s France / Angela Kershaw. - 1 online resource (306 pages) - Faux titre, no. 291 0167-9392 ; . - Faux Titre 291. Literature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004357969. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-301) and index.
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Women, Politics and Fiction in 1930s France -- Gender and Genre: The Political Novel -- Fictional Representations of Female Commitment -- Politics and Female Sexuality -- Politics and the Maternal Body -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
This study is the first to examine the contribution made by women writers to politically committed literature in 1930s France. Its purpose is to bring to light the work of female authors of left-wing fiction whose novels are comparable to those of well-known male practitioners of littérature engagée , such as Paul Nizan and Louis Aragon. It analyses the work of Madeleine Pelletier, Simone Téry, Edith Thomas, Henriette Valet and Louise Weiss in the context of the inter-war models of committed literature in relation to which they were produced. Consideration of this body of fictional texts, not previously brought together by literary historians, shows how women were able to relate to fiction and to politics in inter-war France. Situating the novels within their social, historical, literary and political environment, the book contributes to the literary and cultural history of twentieth century France. The analysis of inter-war political writing by women calls into question the criteria against which women’s writing has been evaluated by feminist scholarship.
9789401204118
10.1163/9789401204118 DOI
1900-1999
Women--History--France--20th century.
Politics and culture.
Women.
Women authors, French.
Women in public life.
Women--Political activity.
France--History--1914-1940.
France.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PQ149 / .K47 2007eb
840.9/9287