Cartesian Women: Versions and Subversions of Rational Discourse in the Old Regime (Reading Women Writing) - Softcover

Harth, Erica

 
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Synopsis

The little-known writings that Erica Harth examines here reveal a remarkable chapter in the history of Western thought. Drawing upon current theoretical work in gender studies, cultural history, and literary criticism, Harth looks at how women in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France attempted to overcome gender barriers and participated in the shaping of rational discourse.

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About the Author

Erica Harth is Professor of Romance and Comparative Literature at Brandeis University.

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ISBN 10:  0801427150 ISBN 13:  9780801427152
Publisher: Cornell University Press, 1992
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