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Revolution and Womenâs Autobiography in Nineteenth-Century France
Series: - Faux Titre, Volume: 244
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Here for the first time is a book devoted exclusively to the topic of womenâs autobiography in nineteenth-century France. Tracing the rise of autobiography in relation to womenâs domestic confinement, Kathleen Hart demonstrates how Flora Tristan, George Sand, and Louise Michel transformed the genre.
Inspired by Romantic socialism, each of these remarkable autobiographers links the story of her personal development to socio-historic change. In the wake of the 1830 Revolution, Tristan chronicles social unrest as she relates her progressive transformation into humanityâs âWoman Guideâ in Peregrinations of a Pariah (1838). Writing in the aftermath of the 1848 Revolution, Sand consolidates her role as a mediator between the rich and the poor in Story of My Life (1854). A legend of the 1871 Paris Commune, Michel establishes herself as the poet and prophet of a mythical Revolution yet to come in her Memoirs (1886). Exploring the dynamic interplay between revolution and feminist acts of self-affirmation, Revolution and Womenâs Autobiography in Nineteenth-Century France will appeal to scholars of history, French culture, literature, and womenâs studies.
Inspired by Romantic socialism, each of these remarkable autobiographers links the story of her personal development to socio-historic change. In the wake of the 1830 Revolution, Tristan chronicles social unrest as she relates her progressive transformation into humanityâs âWoman Guideâ in Peregrinations of a Pariah (1838). Writing in the aftermath of the 1848 Revolution, Sand consolidates her role as a mediator between the rich and the poor in Story of My Life (1854). A legend of the 1871 Paris Commune, Michel establishes herself as the poet and prophet of a mythical Revolution yet to come in her Memoirs (1886). Exploring the dynamic interplay between revolution and feminist acts of self-affirmation, Revolution and Womenâs Autobiography in Nineteenth-Century France will appeal to scholars of history, French culture, literature, and womenâs studies.
Acknowledgements
Preface
I Women, Revolution, and the French Autobiographical Tradition
II Tracing New Routes: Flora Tristanâs Peregrinations of a Pariah
III George Sandâs Quest For Solidarity in Story of My Life
IV Living For Revolution: Louise Michelâs Memoirs
Conclusion
Works Cited
Index
Preface
I Women, Revolution, and the French Autobiographical Tradition
II Tracing New Routes: Flora Tristanâs Peregrinations of a Pariah
III George Sandâs Quest For Solidarity in Story of My Life
IV Living For Revolution: Louise Michelâs Memoirs
Conclusion
Works Cited
Index