Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 2008. / "Graduate Program in French." Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-199).

Texte remanié de: Diss. Ph. D.--Princeton university. / Notes bibliogr. p. 165-204. Bibliogr. p. 205-212. Index.

Originally presented as the author's Thesis (doctoral)--Johan Wolfgang von Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, 1976. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-280). Also issued online.

Originally presented as the author's Thesis (doctoral)--Johan Wolfgang von Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, 1976. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-280).

Thèse de doctorat : Littérature comparée : Paris 12 : 2005. / Titre provenant de l'écran-titre. Bibliogr. f. 325-356. Index.

Te. : Let. : Murcia : 1993. / Texte remanié de la thèse parue sous le titre : Aproximación lingüístico-discursiva a las Paremias en Honoré de Balzac : Un début dans la vie. Bibliogr.: p. 235-259.

Thesis (doctoral)--Åbo Akademi, 2004. / Added thesis t.p. inserted. Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-221) and index.

Thesis (doctoral)--Åbo Akademi, 2004. / Added thesis t.p. inserted. Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-221) and index.

Habilitationsschrift--Philologie--Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität--Münster, 1999. / Bibliogr. p. 713-754.

This dissertation explores the numerous literary representations of the femme de lettres during the first half of the nineteenth century in order to illustrate the complexities of women’s entrance into the male-dominated domain of literature and also to suggest the impact these fictional characters might have had on the reception of actual women writers as well as their omission from the century’s literary canon. The works that will be included in this analysis include: Mme de Staël’s Corinne, ou l’Italie, Stendhal’s Le Rouge et le noir, Honoré de Balzac’s Béatrix, La Muse du département and Illusions perdues, Delphine de Girardin’s La Canne de M. de Balzac, Napoline and La joie fait peur and George Sand’s Histoire de ma vie, Lettres d’un voyageur and Un Hiver à Majorque. In compiling such diverse works of literature, it becomes clear that both male and female authors from the early nineteenth century were unable to envision a publicly embraced female genius. Although almost all of the fictional femmes de lettres in this study faced a destiny of professional silence, the reasons given for their failures are split between the male and female authors. For the male authors, the woman as a successful intellectual, artist or author was ultimately impossible because of her inability to combine her female body and psyche with the “masculine” pursuit of knowledge. Conversely, the female authors wrote characters whose inability to fully embrace a public literary or artistic career stemmed from society’s unwillingness to tolerate her exceptionality rather than from an inherent disconnect between genius and the female sex. / text