Tender Geographies: Women and the Origins of the Novel in France - Paperback

This treatise argues that women writers were the originators of the modern novel in France. It uses the novels of Scudery and Lafayette to illustrate how such works undermined French tradition by suggesting that women had a right to choose their husbands and to lead independent lives.

• | Author: Joan Dejean
• | Publisher: Columbia University Press
• | Publication Date: Dec 16, 1993
• | Number of Pages: 297 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0231062311
• | ISBN-13: 9780231062312