Marguerite Vallette Eymery - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library

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The Pataphysician's Library: An Exploration of Alfred Jarry's Livres Pairs

Book by Ben Fisher; Liverpool University Press, 2000

Subjects:

French Literature--19th Century--History And Criticism, Jarry, Alfred--1873-1907--Gestes Et Opinions Du Docteur Faustroll, Pataphysicien

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The Pataphysician�2s Library is a study of aspects of 1890s French literature, with specific reference to the traditions of Symbolism and Decadence. Its main focus is Alfred Jarry, who has proved, perhaps surprisingly, to be one of the more durable fin-de-si�8cle authors. The ...
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The Pataphysician�2s Library is a study of aspects of 1890s French literature, with specific reference to the traditions of Symbolism and Decadence. Its main focus is Alfred Jarry, who has proved, perhaps surprisingly, to be one of the more durable fin-de-si�8cle authors. The originality of this study lies in its use of the enigmatic list of books termed the livres pairs, which appears in Jarry�2s 1898 novel Gestes et Opinions du docteur Faustroll, pataphysicien, his best-known prose work. The greatest interest of the livres pairs lies in a group of works by Jarry�2s friends and contemporaries, primarily Leon Bloy, Georges Darien, Gustave Kahn, Catulle Mendes, Josephin Madan, Rachilde, and Henri de Regnier. Several of these authors feature as the lords of islands visited by the pataphysician Dr Faustroll in his curious voyage around Paris. In conjunction with Jarry�2s own works, the contemporary livres pairs serve to illustrate the vibrant and experimental atmosphere in which these authors worked.
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Dostoevski and the Human Condition after a Century

Book by Alexej Ugrinsky, Frank S. Lambasa, Valija K. Ozolins; Greenwood Press, 1986

Subjects:

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor--1821-1881--Criticism And Interpretation, Human Beings In Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library
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Rachilde: Decadence, Gender and the Woman Writer

Book by Diana Holmes; Berg, 2001

Subjects:

Decadence In Literature, Eroticism In Literature, Rachilde--1860-1953

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Prosecuted for obscenity in her novel Monsieur Venus, Marguerite Eymery (pen name Rachilde), an apparently genteel young woman from a provincial bourgeois family, burst onto the French literary scene in 1884 amid scandal. This story of a sadistic transvestite and her pretty male lover was the first ...
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Prosecuted for obscenity in her novel Monsieur Venus, Marguerite Eymery (pen name Rachilde), an apparently genteel young woman from a provincial bourgeois family, burst onto the French literary scene in 1884 amid scandal. This story of a sadistic transvestite and her pretty male lover was the first in a long series of novels, plays and stories dealing often in the most macabre and sensationalistic terms with sadism, gender inversion, and sexual desire.At the heart of the French literary world, Rachilde's life and writing defied patriarchal rules, particularly in relation to female sexuality, but she consistently and vehemently rejected feminism. Her extraordinary life and work, including a vast output as a literary reviewer, offer a prism through which to view the vibrant social and cultural history of France from the belle époque to the Second World War. This book is the first serious critical study of Rachilde's work. Exploring the interwoven themes of French naturalism, modernism, decadence and feminism, it will be essential reading for anyone interested in French culture, literature and sexuality at the turn of the twentieth century.
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The Feminist Encyclopedia of French Literature

Book by Eva Martin Sartori, Colette H. Winn, Perry Gethner, Samia I. Spencer, Juliette Parnell-Smith, Mary Rice-DeFosse, Susan Ireland, Patrice J. Proulx; Greenwood Press, 1999

Subjects:

Feminism And Literature--Encyclopedias, French Literature--Encyclopedias, French Literature--Women Authors--Encyclopedias, Women Authors, French--Biography--Encyclopedias, Women In Literature--Encyclopedias

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The earliest known literary productions by women living in Europe were probably by French writers. French women have contributed enormously to world literature for centuries, but only a few have been judged worthy of recognition by mostly male critics. As part of the feminist move to reclaim women ...
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The earliest known literary productions by women living in Europe were probably by French writers. French women have contributed enormously to world literature for centuries, but only a few have been judged worthy of recognition by mostly male critics. As part of the feminist move to reclaim women writers and to rethink literary history, scholars have given growing amounts of attention to French women writers and their substantial contribution. This reference book provides extensive information about French women writers and the world in which they lived. Included are several hundred alphabetically arranged entries for authors, genres, literary movements, institutions, events, and organizations related to French literature. Each entry summarizes feminist thought on the topic, and provides bibliographical information. The volume begins with a feminist history of French literature and concludes with a selected bibliography and a chronological list of French women writers.
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French Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook

Book by Eva Martin Sartori, Dorothy Wynne Zimmerman; Greenwood Press, 1991

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Fifty-one essays cover the lives and works of the most important women writers in the history of French literature with an emphasis on their experiences as writers, a discussion of their major themes, and brief surveys of critical reactions. Each essay is followed by a bibliography of primary works ...
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Fifty-one essays cover the lives and works of the most important women writers in the history of French literature with an emphasis on their experiences as writers, a discussion of their major themes, and brief surveys of critical reactions. Each essay is followed by a bibliography of primary works, a list of titles translated into English, and a selection of critical studies. An additional essay describes the trobairitz, the women troubadours of the 12th and 13th centuries. The volume ends with a chronology featuring the dates of events and trends of special significance to French women.
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