Political ideologies often informed early twentieth-century French novels, creating a hybrid genre that is both "realist" and didactic: the roman thse. In this ground-breaking and critically acclaimed work, Susan Suleiman looks beyond the politics of novels by such authors as Ma…
The first English translation of Maria de Naglowska's sexually magical novella, Le rite sacrE de l'amour magique Contains autobiographical material from Maria de Naglowska's life Continues, in symbolic story form, the sexual initiatory teachings expounded in Naglowska's The Ligh…
Stendhal's most independent heroines are usually disliked or marginalized by critics. However, when gender-neutral criteria are applied, Mina de Vanghel, Vanina Vanini, Mathilde de La Mole, and Lamiel can all be shown to enact extraordinary experiments in freedom. These experime…
A travers tout le XIXe siècle, l'empire des tsars et ses habitants ont largement inspiré la production littéraire en France. Mais si des recherches se sont intéressées aux récits de voyages, aux journaux et aux correspondances, la Russie en tant qu'objet de la fiction est généra…