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L'Auguste Autrichienne : representations of Marie-Antoinette in 19th century French literature and history
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Maria Antonia Josepha Joanna, or as she is most well-known, Marie-Antoinette (1755-1793) spent her entire life under the watchful eye of many. Fashioned from birth as an Austrian aristocrat, she was transported to France ...
Bridging the gap in French romantic representations of blackness 1750-1880 : the male mulatto in French literature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
This dissertation traces the evolution of the male mulatto in literature from his appearance in the early nineteenth century to his sudden disappearance in the late 1880's. In this dissertation I argue that the literary ...
Georges Perec: autobiographie et trauma
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Georges Perec (1936-1982) a largementété étudié pour ses prouesses linguistiques et son talent d'écrivain hors-pair. Cependant, un nouveau domaine sur lequel se penche aujourd'hui la critique littéraire, à savoir ...
Jeanne Marie Leprince de Beaumont : women's epistolary and pedagogical fiction in the eighteenth-century
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont (1711-1780) dedicated her life to writing and teaching young women. In all, she wrote 70 volumes of prose including several articles in magazines she founded and edited, novels, fairy ...