{"product_id":"rachilde-and-french-womens-authorship-9780803224025","title":"Rachilde and French Womens Authorship","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn account of Rachilde's writing that illustrates important questions in feminist literary theory as well as significant features of turn-of-the-century French society.  It illuminates nineteenth-century publishing practices and rivalries, including authorial manipulations of the market for sexually suggestive literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A well-written, well-edited contribution to the study of women writers and cultural history.\"—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hawthorne's biography is one of the most sophisticated examples of bigraphical writing, persuasively and sympathetically tracing the gender crisis running through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.\"—Dawn Marlan, \u003ci\u003eModernism\/Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents:  List of Illustrations  Acknowledgments  List of Abbreviations for Works by Rachilde  Introduction  On Writing Biography: In which the author pays a visit to Perigueux and makes a detour to Galveston  1860, February 11  Women as Outsiders: In which Marguerite Eymery (Rachilde) is born, a werewolf appears, and traps are both set and sprung  1870, October 29  The Ambivalence of the Paternal: In which Captain Eymery is taken prisoner  1875, January or Early February  The Cultural Injunction to Silence: In which Rachilde is engaged, appears to attempt suicide, and meets a ghost who delivers an important message  1876, March 1  Woman as Medium: In which seances are held, Madame Eymery meets \"Rachilde,\" and doubles mysteriously appear  1877, June 23  Authority, Authorship, and Authorization: In which Rachilde publishes her first story and Victor Hugo authorizes her   1884, May-July  The Politics of Publishing: In which Monsieur Venus is published and the French police take an interest in Rachilde  1884, December 12  Writing as Cross-Dressing: In which Rachilde applies for permission to cross-dress and become a writer  1885, A Thursday in March  Marriage and the Woman Writer: In which Rachilde meets Alfred Vallette and marries him, despite some second thoughts  1887, February 26 (A Saturday)  The Photograph Never Lies: In which a front page brings attention to Rachilde's hair  1889, October 25  The Cultural Legitimacy of the Woman Writer: In which Rachilde's daughter is born and questions are raised about legitimacy  1890, November 10  Imagining the Self: In which Rachilde's first play is performed and some mirrors are looked into  1894, A Tuesday  Male Anxiety at the Fin de Siecle: In which Rachilde, cupbearer to the symbolist gods, meets Alfred Jarry  1900, December 10  Women and Education: In which Rachilde's mother is admitted to the asylum of Charenton and some deficiencies in Rachilde's education become apparent  1925, July 2  Women and Surrealism: In which Rachilde gets into a bun fight  1928, June  Gender Anxiety in French Modernism: In which Le Prisonnier is published and Rachilde acts rather queerly  1953, April 4  On Minding: In which Rachilde is reunited with Lison  Notes  Bibliography  Index","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405244768599,"sku":"9780803224025","price":48.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803224025.jpg?v=1730489260","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rachilde-and-french-womens-authorship-9780803224025","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}