Fragmented and Oblique Autobiographies and Memoirs
Female memoirs play off the complex status of personal testimony. The multifarious works of Mme de Genlis are a fascinating example of the tensions running between didactic texts, memoirs, remembrances, portraits and anecdotes that are there hidden under the surface of these hybrid texts. Above all,...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Language: | Anglais |
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Arts et Savoirs
2016
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| Online Access: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Summary: | Female memoirs play off the complex status of personal testimony. The multifarious works of Mme de Genlis are a fascinating example of the tensions running between didactic texts, memoirs, remembrances, portraits and anecdotes that are there hidden under the surface of these hybrid texts. Above all, they make up a monumental work toward which converge a number of early texts and fragments of various types. |
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