{"product_id":"tender-geographies-women-and-the-origins-of-the-novel-in-france-paperback","title":"Tender Geographies: Women and the Origins of the Novel in France - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoan Dejean\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis treatise argues that women writers were the originators of the modern novel in France. It uses the novels of Scudery and Lafayette to illustrate how such works undermined French tradition by suggesting that women had a right to choose their husbands and to lead independent lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, the author argues that women writers were the originators of the modern novel in France. This book gives readers of those novels an understanding of the subversive tradition in which they were created. The author portrays the involvement of women writers in the body politic and in the politics of the body as their struggle for increased control over the plots of their lives and fictions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean DeJean is a Trustee Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eFictions of Sappho (1546-1937)\u003c\/i\u003e and co-editor, with Nancy Miller of \u003ci\u003eDisplacements: Women, Tradition, Literatures in French.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 297\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.76 x 5.89 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 16, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45301758427238,"sku":"9780231062312","price":78.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/R0hwN3k4VVlUMng5SnBqdm9rYzRTZz09.webp?v=1773964893","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/tender-geographies-women-and-the-origins-of-the-novel-in-france-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}