Evolution of the French Courtesan Novel

From de Chabrillan to Colette

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Although their works enjoyed huge success in the second half of the nineteenth century, male writers penned faux-memoirs mocking courtesan novels, and successfully sowed doubt about their authorship in a backlash against the profitable notoriety the novels earned these courtesans.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-06-23
Mått148 x 210 x 15 mm
Vikt306 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor127
Upplaga2016
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781137597083

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Acknowledgments.- Introduction.- 1.- The Case for the Courtesan Novel Sub-Genre: Counter-Discourse and Intertextuality in de Chabrillan, de la Bigne, and de Pougy.- 2. De Pougy’s Innovative Courtesan Fiction.- 3. Co-Opting the Courtesan Persona in the Faux Mémoires de Rigolboche and Les Usages du demi-monde.- 4. Colette’s Courtesan Fiction: The Final Evolution.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Works Cited.- Index.-

“The Evolution of the French Courtesan Novel makes an important contribution to feminist approaches to French literature. Not only does Sullivan’s study postulate a new category, but it makes a convincing case for the construction of a discourse that counters, in a way that was apparently threatening to male writers, the hegemonic male discourse surrounding fictions of the sex worker.” (Carol Mossman, H-France Review, Vol. 17 (40), August, 2017)