Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-256) and index.
Contents
Literary science and the female subject : the brains behind Emile Zola's Nana -- Memoirs of the Fille Publique -- Virility and the intellectual woman : can a woman be a naturalist? -- Can a woman be a decadent? : Rachilde, gender and the male body -- The right to pleasure : sex and the sentimental novel.
