{"product_id":"rachilde-and-french-womens-authorship-from-decadence-to-modernism-9780803224025","title":"Rachilde and French Women's Authorship: From Decadence to Modernism","description":"Under the assumed name Rachilde, Marguerite Eymery (1860-1953) wrote over sixty works of fiction, drama, poetry, memoir, and criticism, including \u003ci\u003eMonsieur Vénus\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the most famous examples of decadent fiction. She was closely associated with the literary journal \u003ci\u003eMercure de France\u003c\/i\u003e, inspired parts of Oscar Wilde's \u003ci\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/i\u003e, and mingled with all the literary lights of the day. Yet for all that, very little has been written about her. Melanie C. Hawthorne corrects this oversight and counters the traditional approach to Rachilde by persuasively portraying this eccentric as patently representative of the French women writers of her time and of the social and literary issues they faced. Seen in this light, Rachilde's writing clearly illustrates important questions in feminist literary theory as well as significant features of turn-of-the-century French society. Hawthorne arranges her approach to Rachilde around several defining events in the author's life, including the controversial publication of \u003ci\u003eMonsieur Vénus\u003c\/i\u003e, with its presentation of sex reversals. Weaving back and forth in time, she is able to depict these moments in relation to Rachilde's life, work, and times and to illuminate nineteenth-century publishing practices and rivalries, including authorial manipulations of the market for sexually suggestive literature. The most complete and accurate account yet written of this emblematic author, Hawthorne's work is also the first to situate Rachilde in the broader social contexts and literary currents of her time and of our own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melanie Hawthorne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.41w x 1.19d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803224025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2002 pg. 1776\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMelanie C. Hawthorne is an associate professor of Modern Languages at Texas A\u0026amp;M University, College Station. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eContingent Loves: Simone de Beauvoir and Sexuality\u003c\/i\u003e and a translation of Rachilde's \u003ci\u003eThe Juggler.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40138422124659,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":60.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_5ba14297-5820-451c-92a6-f0434bb56307.jpg?v=1654349381","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/rachilde-and-french-womens-authorship-from-decadence-to-modernism-9780803224025","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}