"An admirable ruse, indeed To inspire in me the horror of
females, only to throw it in my face and say: but this is what you
are."
The handsome, heroic heir to a vast estate, raised as a man to
follow a man's pursuits and to despise women, is devastated to
learn at the age of seventeen that he is in fact a she. Gabriel
courageously refuses to give up her male privileges, and her tragic
struggle to work and fight and love in all the ways she knows how
offers a window into the obstacles faced by George Sand, the
prolific intellectual woman whom the popular press portrayed as a
promiscuous, cigar-smoking oddity in trousers. "Strange that the
most virile talent of our time should be a woman's " exclaimed a
reviewer in 1838.
Kathleen Robin Hart's introduction contextualizes the drama,
discussing its relation to the theater of Sand's day, the
sentimental tradition, the subversive workings of carnival and
masquerade, and the vein of literary androgyny in Romantic
works.
Kathleen Robin Hart's introduction contextualizes the drama,
discussing its relation to the theater of Sand's day, the
sentimental tradition, the subversive workings of carnival and
masquerade, and the vein of literary androgyny in Romantic
works.
General
Imprint: |
Modern Language Association of America
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Texts and Translations 28 |
Release date: |
September 2010 |
First published: |
September 2010 |
Editors: |
Kathleen Robin Hart
|
Authors: |
George Sand
|
Dimensions: |
213 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
232 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-60329-077-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
1-60329-077-X |
Barcode: |
9781603290777 |
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