Mothers of Invention
Feminist Authors and Experimental Fiction in France and Quebec
Format:Paperback
Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press
Published:20th Feb '03
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Draws together innovative works of fiction written by French and Quebec feminists in the mid-1970s. The author makes clear the shared ethical and aesthetic commitments that nourished a transatlantic community whose contribution to mainstream literature and cultural productions, including postmodernism, is still being felt today.An examination of the feminist avant-garde aesthetics developed in experimental novels of the mid-1970s.
"Santoro fulfills her objectives quite marvelously through a series of close readings of novels written by four wonderfully chosen writers. She is very clear and engaging." Lynn Penrod, Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Alberta
ISBN: 9780773524873
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384 pages