Women Writing on the French Riviera

Rosemary Lancaster

ISBN 10: 9004428755 / ISBN 13: 9789004428751

Published by Brill, NL, 2020

About this Item

Destination for artists and convalescents, playground of the rich, site of foreign allure, the French Riviera has long attracted visitors to its shores. Ranging through the late nineteenth century, the Belle Epoque, the 'roaring twenties', and the emancipatory post-war years, Rosemary Lancaster highlights the contributions of nine remarkable women to the cultural identity of the Riviera in its seminal rise to fame. Embracing an array of genres, she gives new focus to feminine writings never previously brought together, nor as richly critically explored. Fiction, memoir, diary, letters, even cookbooks and choreographies provide compelling evidence of the innovativeness of women who seized the challenges and opportunities of their travels in a century of radical social and artistic change.

Seller Inventory # LU-9789004428751

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Women Writing on the French Riviera
• Publisher: Brill, NL
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004428755
• ISBN 13: 9789004428751
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: Illustrated.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.5W x 2.1H x 23.5D centimeters 15.5 centimeters width by 2.1 centimeters height by 23.5 centimeters depth
• Weight: 554 grams

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Synopsis

Destination for artists and convalescents, playground of the rich, site of foreign allure, the French Riviera has long attracted visitors to its shores. Ranging through the late nineteenth century, the Belle Epoque, the ‘roaring twenties’, and the emancipatory post-war years, Rosemary Lancaster highlights the contributions of nine remarkable women to the cultural identity of the Riviera in its seminal rise to fame. Embracing an array of genres, she gives new focus to feminine writings never previously brought together, nor as richly critically explored. Fiction, memoir, diary, letters, even cookbooks and choreographies provide compelling evidence of the innovativeness of women who seized the challenges and opportunities of their travels in a century of radical social and artistic change.

About the Author

Rosemary Lancaster, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Western Australia, Chevalier des Palmes académiques, is the author of Je Suis Australienne, Remarkable Women in France, 1880-1945 (2008) and Poetic Illumination: René Char and his Artist Allies (2010).