George Sand and Autobiography (Legenda French Studies)

Author: Hiddleston, J.A.

Brand: Routledge

Edition: 1

Number Of Pages: 118

EAN: 9781900755252

Release Date: 01-12-1999

Package Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches

Languages: English

Binding: paperback

Part Number: with frontispiece

Details: This book discusses George Sand's autobiography "Histoire de ma Vie" from a variety of perspectives - thematic, structural and stylistic - and examines the often contradictory images of the author/narrator that emerge, in particular, from Sand's confused and ambivalent attitude to her gender. At each point, Sand's intriguing work is placed in the context of modern autobiographical and feminist theory, and measured against the conventions of traditional male autobiography. What emerges is a hybrid, androgynous text that combines different modes and voices, giving a unique access to the person of the author herself, both as she wished to appear and as she appears in spite of herself.