Genius Envy

Author

Adrianna Paliyenko

Year

2016

Publisher

Penn State University Press

Type

BOOK

Description

In Genius Envy, Adrianna M. Paliyenko uncovers a forgotten history: the multiplicity and diversity of nineteenth-century French women’s poetic voices. Conservative critics of the time attributed the phenomenon of genius to masculinity and dismissed the work of female authors as “feminine literature.” Despite the efforts of leading thinkers, critics, and literary historians to erase women from the pages of literary history, Paliyenko shows how these female poets invigorated the debate about the origins of genius and garnered considerable recognition in their time for their creativity and bold aesthetic ideas. This fresh account of French women poets’ contributions to literature probes the history of their critical reception. The result is an encounter with the texts of celebrated writers such as Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Anaïs Ségalas, Malvina Blanchecotte, Louisa Siefert, and Louise Ackermann. Glimpses at the different stages of each poet’s career show that these women explicitly challenged the notion of genius as gender specific, thus advocating for their rightful place in the canon. A prodigious contribution to studies of nineteenth-century French poetry, Paliyenko’s book reexamines the reception of poetry by women within and beyond its original context. This balanced and comprehensive treatment of their work uncovers the multiple ways in which women poets sought to define their place in history.

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Genius Envy

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Central Peripheries

Central Peripheries

A Boy Asleep under the Sun

A Boy Asleep under the Sun

I Want You!

Exit and Voice

Exit and Voice

Adat Atj�h, Reproduced in Facsimile from a Manuscript in the India Office Library, Reproduced in Facsimile from a Manuscript in the India Office Library

Adat Atj�h, Reproduced in Facsimile from a Manuscript in the India Office Library, Reproduced in Facsimile from a Manuscript in the India Office Library

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