TY - BOOK AU - Kershaw,Angela TI - Forgotten engagements: women, literature and the Left in 1930s France T2 - Faux titre, SN - 9789401204118 AV - PQ149 .K47 2007eb U1 - 840.9/9287 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Amsterdam, New York, NY PB - Rodopi KW - Women KW - France KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Politics and culture KW - fast KW - Women authors, French KW - Women in public life KW - Political activity KW - 1914-1940 KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789401204118 ER -