| Female Victims and Oppressors in Novels by Theodor Fontane and François Mauriac Contributor(s): Alvarez-Detrell, Tamara (Editor), Paulson, Michael G. (Editor), Wansink, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820436615 ISBN-13: 9780820436616 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $49.35 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - French - Literary Criticism | European - German |
| Dewey: 833.8 |
| LCCN: 96038544 |
| Series: Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures |
| Physical Information: 139 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book compares selected novels of Theodor Fontane (1819-1898) with those of Francois Mauriac (1885-1970), breaking new ground by revealing the strong thematic parallels and certain stylistic affinities in the authors' presentations of female characters and society. It focuses on the female characters in "Effi Briest" (1895) and "Therese Desqueyroux" (1927) as victims of a rigid, yet degenerating patriarchal society, and on the women in "Frau Jenny Treibel" (1892) and "Genitrix" (1924) as possessive dominators. These presentations reveal the injustices and insufficiencies of a social system on the verge of decline, existent in both authors' fictive worlds." |