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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794133503321

Autore

Lancaster Rosemary

Titolo

Women writing on the French Riviera : travellers and trendsetters, 1870-1970 / / by Rosemary Lancaster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, Massachusetts : , : Brill Rodopi, , 2020

ISBN

90-04-43392-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Faux titre, , 0167-9392 ; ; volume 442

Disciplina

840.9/9287

Soggetti

Literary landmarks - France - Riviera

Women authors, American - Homes and haunts - France - Riviera

Women authors, English - Homes and haunts - France - Riviera

Women authors, French - Homes and haunts - France - Riviera

Women authors, Russian - Homes and haunts - France - Riviera

Riviera (France) Intellectual life 20th century

Riviera (France) Intellectual life 19th century

Riviera (France) Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-271) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Destination for artists and convalescents, playground of the rich, site of foreign allure, the French Riviera has long attracted visitors to its shores. Ranging through the late nineteenth century, the Belle Epoque, the 'roaring twenties', and the emancipatory post-war years, Rosemary Lancaster highlights the contributions of nine remarkable women to the cultural identity of the Riviera in its seminal rise to fame. Embracing an array of genres, she gives new focus to feminine writings never previously brought together, nor as richly critically explored. Fiction, memoir, diary, letters, even cookbooks and choreographies provide compelling evidence of the innovativeness of women who seized the challenges and opportunities of their travels in a century of radical social and artistic change"--