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  1. Forensic storytelling and the literary roots of early modern feminism
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    Author: Abrams, Barbara Lise
    Published: 2024
    Publisher:  Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, London ; New York

    "The writing of letters and the rise of the novel provided a way for some women to express themselves at a time when the all-male French Academy defined the very parameters of French literary acceptability and tradition. Women who were consigned to... more

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    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    "The writing of letters and the rise of the novel provided a way for some women to express themselves at a time when the all-male French Academy defined the very parameters of French literary acceptability and tradition. Women who were consigned to convents, workhouses or prisons were in most respects deprived of agency, yet many found ways to respond to the legal documents served against them. The letters and associated materials preserved in their legal files provide evidence that these women did not remain quiet, as they found means to resist authority. The forensic storytelling examined in this book supports the conclusion that the documents written in these constrained circumstances have both historical and literary merit and form the core of an understudied genre of literature"--

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9780367029173; 9781032632728
    Series: Routledge focus on literature
    Subjects: Französisch; Brief; Frauenliteratur
    Other subjects: French letters / History and criticism; French prose literature / Women authors / History and criticism; French prose literature / 18th century / History and criticism; Authors, French / 18th century / Correspondence / History and criticism; Women authors, French / Correspondence / History and criticism; French literature / Women authors / History and criticism; Women and literature / France / History / 18th century; Letter writing, French / History / 18th century; Feminism; Lettres françaises (Genre littéraire) / Histoire et critique; Prose française / 18e siècle / Histoire et critique; Écrivains français / 18e siècle / Correspondance / Histoire et critique; Écrivaines françaises / Correspondance / Histoire et critique; Femmes et littérature / France / Histoire / 18e siècle; Correspondance / Histoire / 18e siècle; Féminisme; feminism; Feminism; French letters; French literature / Women authors; French prose literature; French prose literature / Women authors; Letter writing, French; Women and literature; France; 1700-1799; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History
    Scope: vii, 161 Seiten, Illustrationen, 23 cm
    Notes:

    Forensic storytelling and antimonarchical epistolarity -- Les causes célèbres, factum or fiction? or: "That's what he said!" -- Tanastès est Satan: authenticity and audacity in the writings of Marie-Madeleine Bonafon -- Excess or success? the case of Mme Geneviève de Gravelle -- "What's in a name?": The case of Angélique Schwab -- Conclusion
  2. Forensic storytelling and the literary roots of early modern feminism
    reSisters
    Author: Abrams, Barbara Lise
    Published: 2024
    Publisher:  Routledge, New York

    "The writing of letters and the rise of the novel provided a way for some women to express themselves at a time when the all-male French Academy defined the very parameters of French literary acceptability and tradition. Women who were consigned to... more

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    Saarländische Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek
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    2023-4227
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    "The writing of letters and the rise of the novel provided a way for some women to express themselves at a time when the all-male French Academy defined the very parameters of French literary acceptability and tradition. Women who were consigned to convents, workhouses or prisons were in most respects deprived of agency, yet many found ways to respond to the legal documents served against them. The letters and associated materials preserved in their legal files provide evidence that these women did not remain quiet, as they found means to resist authority. The forensic storytelling examined in this book supports the conclusion that the documents written in these constrained circumstances have both historical and literary merit and form the core of an understudied genre of literature"--

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780367029173; 9781032632728
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    9780367029173
    Series: Routledge focus on literature
    Subjects: French letters; French prose literature; French prose literature; French authors; French women authors; French literature; Women and literature; French letter writing; Feminism
    Scope: vii, 161 Seiten, Illustrationen
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index
  3. Forensic storytelling and the literary roots of early modern feminism
    reSisters
    Author: Abrams, Barbara Lise
    Published: 2024
    Publisher:  Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, New York ; London

    The writing of letters and the rise of the novel provided a way for some women to express themselves at a time when the all-male French Academy defined the very parameters of French literary acceptability and tradition. Women who were consigned to... more

    Location:
    Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn
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    The writing of letters and the rise of the novel provided a way for some women to express themselves at a time when the all-male French Academy defined the very parameters of French literary acceptability and tradition. Women who were consigned to convents, workhouses or prisons were in most respects deprived of agency, yet many found ways to respond to the legal documents served against them. The letters and associated materials preserved in their legal files provide evidence that these women did not remain quiet, as they found means to resist authority. The forensic storytelling examined in this book supports the conclusion that the documents written in these constrained circumstances have both historical and literary merit and form the core of an understudied genre of literature

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780367029173; 9781032632728
    Series: Routledge focus on literature
    Subjects: Literary studies - c 1500 to c 1800; forensic;France;story telling;feministic;memoires
    Other subjects: Literaturwissenschaft
    Scope: vii, 161 Seiten
    Notes:

    Acknowledgments;  ; Preface;  ; Introduction;  ; - Chapter One: Forensic Storytelling and Antimonarchical Epistolarity ;  ; - Chapter Two: Les Causes Célèbres, Factum or Fiction? Or: “That’s What He Said!”;  ; - Chapter Three: Tanastès est Satan: Authenticity and Audacity in the Writings of Marie-Madeleine Bonafon;  ; - Chapter Four:Excess or Success? The Case of Mme Geneviève de Gravelle;  ; - Chapter Five: “What’s in a Name?”: The Case of Angélique Schwab;  ; Conclusion;  ; Index;