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UNINA9910791661803321 |
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Autore |
Mossman Carol A. |
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Titolo |
Writing with a vengeance : the Countess de Chabrillan's rise from prostitution / / Carol Mossman |
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Toronto, Ontario ; ; Buffalo, New York ; ; London, England : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 |
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©2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-4426-9719-9 |
1-4426-9777-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (210 p.) |
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Collana |
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University of Toronto Romance Series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women authors, French - 19th century |
Courtesans - France |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
Biographies. |
Electronic books. |
France |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The wages of shame -- Worlds apart: mapping prostitution and the demi-monde -- Fictions of prostitution -- La Sapho, or staging vengeance -- Plotting exoneration -- Chabrillan's final novels, or the uses of fiction. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Writing with a Vengeance examines the life and works of a nineteenth-century French courtesan, Celeste Venard, later the Countess de Chabrillan. |
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