Reid, Martine
George Sand
- ISBN 13:
- 9780271081069
- author:
- Reid, Martine
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 264
- Dimensions:
- 20.32 x 12.7 x 2.49 centimetres
- Genre:
- Biography, Literary, Fiction & Literature
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
George Sand: A Life of Literary Genius and Rebellious Spirit This acclaimed biography offers a comprehensive portrait of George Sand, one of France's most celebrated and enigmatic literary figures. Martine Reid draws on recent French and English biographies, as well as Sand's novels, plays, autobiographical texts, and correspondence, to create a nuanced and balanced representation of her life. Reid contextualizes Sand within the literature of the nineteenth century, exploring the significance of her chosen pen name and examining her artistic, scientific, and political expressions. The result is a candid and illuminating biography that sheds new light on this remarkable woman's remarkable times. With its clear and flowing language, this biography will be of great interest to scholars of Sand and nineteenth-century literature, as well as readers seeking to understand the life and work of one of France's most fascinating literary figures.
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