Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-301) and index.
Contents
Growing up female in postrevolutionary France -- The erotics of writing : affective life, literary beginnings, and pseudonyms -- Cassandra, Diotima, Aspasia, and Cleopatra : challenging the bluestocking stereotype in literary culture -- Women writers as Republicans in July monarchy political culture -- Republican women and Republican families -- Writing and rewriting the Revolution of 1848.