Rachilde and French Women's Authorship - From Decadence to Modernism (Hardcover)

Under the assumed name Rachilde, Marguerite Eymery (1860-1953) wrote over sixty works of fiction, drama, poetry, memoir, and criticism, including "Monsieur Venus," one of the most famous examples of decadent fiction. She was closely associated with the literary journal "Mercure de France," inspired parts of Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray," and mingled with all the literary lights of the day. Yet for all that, very little has been written about her. Melanie C. Hawthorne corrects this oversight and counters the traditional approach to Rachilde by persuasively portraying this "eccentric" as patently representative of the French women writers of her time and of the social and literary issues they faced. Seen in this light, Rachilde's writing clearly illustrates important questions in feminist literary theory as well as significant features of turn-of-the-century French society. Hawthorne arranges her approach to Rachilde around several defining events in the author's life, including the controversial publication of "Monsieur Venus," with its presentation of sex reversals. Weaving back and forth in time, she is able to depict these moments in relation to Rachilde's life, work, and times and to illuminate nineteenth-century publishing practices and rivalries, including authorial manipulations of the market for sexually suggestive literature. The most complete and accurate account yet written of this emblematic author, Hawthorne's work is also the first to situate Rachilde in the broader social contexts and literary currents of her time and of our own.

General

Imprint:	University of Nebraska Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2001
First published:	September 2001
Authors:	Melanie C. Hawthorne
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards / Cloth over boards
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-0-8032-2402-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8032-2402-8
Barcode:	9780803224025

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