French Women's Writing: Recent Fiction (Women in Society: a Feminist List)

This book introduces the English-speaking reader to a stimulating range of contemporary French women's writing. The first section discusses the cultural conditions which led to an explosion of new writing by women in the 1970s examining the impact of the emergence of 'second-wave feminism' both on what women have written and how it has been received. This is followed by selections from the work of seven women writers, many translated here for the first time, together with introductions to their work. This study introduces the English-speaking reader to a range of contemporary French women's writing. The first section discusses the cultural conditions which led to an explosion of new writing by women in the 1970s, examining the impact of the emergence of second-wave feminism both on what women have written and how it has been received. This is followed by selections from the work of seven women writers, many translated for the first time, together with introduction of their work. Elizabeth Fallaize is the author of The Novels of Simone de Beauvoir Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction: women’s writing and the French cultural context of the 1970s and 1980s....Pages 1-29 Marie Cardinal....Pages 30-50 Chantal Chawaf....Pages 51-66 Annie Ernaux....Pages 67-87 Claire Etcherelli....Pages 88-108 Jeanne Hyvrard....Pages 109-130 Annie Leclerc....Pages 131-159 Marie Redonnet....Pages 160-175 Back Matter....Pages 176-182 French women's writing, historically marginalised by the literary establishment, blossomed with an extraordinarily creative power in the 1970s. The optimism generated by France's miracle economy and the emergence of a new feminist movement both undoubtedly contributed to the new profile of women writers Elizabeth Fallaize. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 176-180) And Index.