Women of Iron and Velvet: French Women Writers After George Sand

by Margaret Crosland

Draws attention to the struggles of women to enter the mainstream of French literature since 1876 and the special qualities of these French women writers

Genres: Nonfiction

256 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1976

Reviews

[Janet · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fantastic critical appraisal and introduction to the culture surrounding the women writers of France--there is so much more than just Colette and Simone de Beauvoir and Francoise Sagan... so many of whom I'd never heard of when I first encountered this book, and now are great favorites: Marguerite Yourcenar, Nathalie Sarraute...Marguerite Duras! Francoise Mallet-Joris, Albertine Sarrazin... It's a book that deserves to be back in print, and updated for the women of our own generation.