Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 352 Seiten)
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illustrations, figures, tables
ISBN:
0271077093
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0271079193
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9780271077093
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9780271079196
Content:
In Genius Envy Adrianna M. Paliyenko uncovers a forgotten past: the multiplicity and diversity of nineteenth-century French women’s poetic voices. Conservative critics of the time attributed genius to masculinity and dismissed the work of female authors as “feminine literature.” Despite the efforts of leading thinkers, critics, and historians to erase women from the pages of literary history, Paliyenko shows how female poets invigorated the debate about the origins of genius and garnered recognition in their time for their creativity and bold aesthetic ideas. This fresh account of French women poets’ contributions to literature probes the history of their critical reception and considers the texts of celebrated writers such as Desbordes-Valmore, Ségalas, Blanchecotte, Siefert, and Ackermann. The results show that these women explicitly challenged the notion of genius as gendered, advocating for their rightful place in the canon
Content:
Un/sexing genius -- Literary reception and its discontents -- The other history of French poetry, 1801-1900 -- Anaïs Ségalas on race, gender, and "la mission civilisatrice" -- Work, genius, and the in-between in Malvina Blanchecotte -- The poetic edges of dualism in Louisa Siefert -- Louise Ackermann's turn to science -- Marie Krysinska on eve, evolution, and the property of genius
Note:
eng
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780271077086
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780271077086
Additional Edition:
Print version Genius Envy: Women Shaping French Poetic History, 1801-1900 University Park, PA ISBN 9780271077086
Language:
English
Keywords:
Französisch
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Frauenlyrik
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Schriftstellerin
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Lyrik
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Genius
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Geschichte 1801-1900
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URL:
http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf
