Writing Ambition
Literary Engagements between Women in France
Abstract
In Writing Ambition: Literary Engagements between Women in France, Katharine Ann Jensen analyzes the work of three pairs of women writing in French—Genlis and Lafayette, Colette and Annie de Pène, and Nancy Huson and Leïla Sebbar—to assess how their literary ambitions affected their engagements with each other. Focused on the psychological aspects of the women’s relationships, the author combines close textual readings of their works with attention to historical and biographical contexts to consider how and why one or both women in the pair express contradictory or anxious feelings about literary ambition.
Schlagworte
French women writers interpersonal relationships literary influence ambition anxiety- i–x Preface i–x
- 1–16 Introduction 1–16
- 67–112 Friends and Writers 67–112
- 161–164 Conclusion 161–164
- 165–172 Bibliography 165–172
- 173–180 Index 173–180
- 181–182 About the Author 181–182