Monsieur Vénus: A Materialist Novel - Brossura

Constable, Liz; Hawthorne, Melanie; Boyd, Madeleine Elise Reynier

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0873529308 ISBN 13: 9780873529303

Casa editrice: Modern Language Assn of Amer, 2004

Riassunto

When the rich and well-connected Raoule de Vénérande becomes enamored of Jacques Silvert, a poor young man who makes artificial flowers for a living, she turns him into her mistress and eventually into her wife. Raoule's suitor, a cigar-smoking former hussar officer, becomes an accomplice in the complications that ensue.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Melanie Hawthorne is Professor of French at Texas A&M University. Her research focuses on nineteenth- and twentieth-century French literature, with special emphasis on prose fiction of the "Decadent" period and on women writers. Melanie Hawthorne is Professor of French at Texas A&M University. Her research focuses on nineteenth- and twentieth-century French literature, with special emphasis on prose fiction of the "Decadent" period and on women writers. Liz Constable is Associate Professor in the Women and Gender Studies program at UC Davis. Her primary research areas focus on late nineteenth-century and twentieth century French and Francophone Cultural Studies and Film. She has published widely in these areas, including articles on Simone de Beauvoir and French women decadent writers.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Modern Language Assn of Amer
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0873529308
• ISBN 13: 9780873529303
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 211
• Redattore: Hawthorne Melanie, Constable Liz
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile