Confessions in Fiction, Opera, and Memoir: Subversive Elements of Courtesan Celebrity in Nineteenth-Century Paris

The present study aims to investigate various writers of nineteenth-century France whose topic is that of the courtesan, or public woman. The question proposed is: Can a woman ever recover from a fall into prostitution? The rehabilitation of the courtesan assumes a moral framework and therefore the...

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Other Authors: Sasson, Renée-Michèle  (authoraut)
Format: Others
Language:English
English
Published: Florida State University
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Online Access:http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_2017SP_Sasson_fsu_0071E_13692