Read more
Until recently, French women playwrights had received almost no critical attention and their works were for the most part completely unknown, but this volume is evidence of the important contribution they have made to world literature. It presents an extensive list of the dramatic works of more than 400 French women playwrights from the 16th through 19th centuries and includes brief biographical information, as well as publication, performance, and availability information for nearly 3,000 plays.
The volume includes authors who are relatively unknown, as well as more canonical names such as Marguerite de Navarre and George Sand. The book is divided into four chapters, each devoted to a particular century with authors listed alphabetically. Each entry includes basic biographical information about the author, such as pseudonyms, place and date of birth and death, professions or activities for which the author is known, and other genres in which the author wrote. Plays are listed chronologically under the author's name.
List of contents
Preface
Codes for library references
Sixteenth Century
Seventeenth Century
Eighteenth Century
Nineteenth Century
Selected Bibliography
Title Index
About the author
Cecilia Beach received a PhD in French literature from New York University in 1993. In her dissertation, she examined representations of the maternal in works by modern French women playwrights. She is presently working on a checklist of works by French women playwrights in the 20th century.
Summary
This volume presents a list of the dramatic works of more than 400 French women playwrights from the 16th through 19th centuries and includes brief biographical information, as well as publication, performance and availability information for nearly 3000 plays.
