Genius Envy : Women Shaping French Poetic History, 1801-1900

In Genius Envy Adrianna M. Paliyenko uncovers a forgotten past: the multiplicity and diversity of nineteenth-century French women's poetic voices. Conservative critics of the time attributed genius to masculinity and dismissed the work of female authors as "feminine literature." Despi...

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Main Author: Paliyenko, Adrianna (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: University Park, PA Penn State University Press 2016
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