1st Edition
Stendhal's Less-Loved Heroines Fiction, Freedom, and the Female
By Maria C. Scott
Copyright 2013
144 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
131 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this book, the author challenges the notion that French Realist fiction is peculiarly and intrinsically hostile to female freedom, arguing that it is criticism itself that has marginalized Stendhal's noncompliant heroines and condemned them as self-centred.
Introduction 1. Mina, Vanina, and the Logic of the Strange Step 2. Mathilde and the Paradox of Authenticity 3. On Not Taking Lamiel Seriously 4. Conclusion
Biography
Maria C. Scott
