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Sexual Politics in the Enlightenment: Women Writers Read Rousseau
By (author) Mary Seidman Trouille
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Explores the way seven women writers of the eighteenth century responded to Rousseau, and traces his crucial influence on their literary careers. Sexual Politics in the Enlightenment constitutes the first book-length feminist study of Rousseau's sexual politics and the reception of his works by women readers. By today's standards, Rousseau's sexual politics appear reactionary, paternalistic, even blatantly misogynist; yet, among his female contemporaries, his works often met with enthusiastic approval and had tremendous impact on their values and behavior. To probe Rousseau's paradoxical appeal to eighteenth-century readers, Mary Trouille examines how seven women authors responded to his writings and sexual politics and traces his influence on their lives and works. The writers include six Frenchwomen (Roland, d'Epinay, Stael, Genlis, Gouges, and an anonymous woman correspondent who called herself Henriette) and the English feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. The book constitutes an important contribution to French literature, women's studies, and eighteenth-century cultural studies. While a great deal has already been written on the individual women whom Trouille treats, what distinguishes this book is that it places multiple female subjects directly opposite Rousseau, and succeeds in showing that the relationship between mentor and student(s) is both multi-layered and fascinatingly complex.
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Publisher | State University of New York Press
Published date | 28 Aug 1997
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 422
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 562g
ISBN | 978-0-7914-3490-1
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BISAC | literary criticism / european / french
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