Eve's proud descendants : four women writers and Republican politics in nineteenth-century France /

Eve's proud descendants : four women writers and Republican politics in nineteenth-century France /

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Author / Creator:	Walton, Whitney.
Imprint:	Standford : Standford University Press, c2000.
Description:	308 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Sand, George, -- 1804-1876 -- Political and social views. Stern, Daniel, -- 1805-1876 -- Political and social views. Allart de Méritens, Hortense, -- 1801-1879 -- Political and social views. Girardin, Emile de, -- Mme, -- 1804-1855 -- Political and social views. Allart de Méritens, Hortense, -- 1801-1879. Girardin, Emile de, -- Mme, -- 1804-1855. Sand, George, -- 1804-1876. Stern, Daniel, -- 1805-1876. Women -- France -- Social conditions -- 19th century. Authors, French -- 19th century -- Political activity. Social reformers -- France -- Political activity. Feminism and literature -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Political aspects. Women's rights -- France -- History -- 19th century. Authors, French -- Political activity. Political and social views. Politics and government. Social reformers -- Political activity. Women -- Social conditions. Women's rights. France -- Politics and government -- 19th century. France. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4181219

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ISBN:	0804737541 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-301) and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Growing up Female in Postrevolutionary France
3. The Erotics of Writing: Affective Life, Literary Beginnings, and Pseudonyms
4. Cassandra, Diotima, Aspasia, and Cleopatra: Challenging the Bluestocking Stereotype in Literary Culture
5. Women Writers as Republicans in July Monarchy Political Culture
6. Republican Women and Republican Families
7. Writing and Rewriting the Revolution of 1848
8. Conclusion
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index