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The Fiction of Enlightenment
Heidi Bostic
其他書名
Women of Reason in the French Eighteenth Century
出版University of Delaware Press, 2010
主題History / Modern / 18th CenturyLiterary Criticism / European / FrenchLiterary Criticism / Women AuthorsSocial Science / Women's Studies
ISBN08741307439780874130744
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=1h0mAQAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This book argues that women writers of the French eighteenth century claimed reason and contributed to Enlightenment. Eighteenth-century French thinkers in diverse fields repeatedly proclaimed that the light of reason becomes distorted when it passes through the lens of femininity. Women writers challenged this stereotype. Engaging both canonical and non-canonical authors, this study focuses on works by Francoise de Graffigny, Marie Jeanne Riccoboni, and Isabelle de Charriere. It treats texts across genres, ranging from their well-known novels to little-known, unpublished manuscripts. The book examines the fiction of Enlightenment in two senses: first, works of fiction can illuminate Enlightenment; second, current understandings of Enlightenment are fictional to the extent that they overlook women's works. Faithful to the eighteenth century, this study is also relevant to the twenty-first. It asks: How would current understandings of the French Enlightenment change if women's intellectual contributions were taken seriously? Heidi Bostic is is Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Gender Studies at Michigan Technological University.