Acknowledgements
1. Prejudice and reassessment
2. Conditions for women writers
Part I. The Early Nineteenth Century: The Age of Napoleon and the Aftermath of Revolution (1800-29): 3. Overview, 1800-29
4. Foremothers and Germaine de Staël
5. Writing about history: Henriette de La Tour du Pin
6. Mad matriarchs and other family members: Sophie Cottin
7. Rank and disadvantage: Claire de Duras
8. The invisible women of French theatre
Part II. Mid-century: George Sand and her Contemporaries (1830-69): 9. Overview, 1830-69
10. George Sand, presiding genius
11. Confidence and the woman writer: Amable Tastu and Sophie Ulliac-Trémadeure
12. Shame, embarrassment and Sophie's misfortunes: the comtesse de Ségur
13. Adventure and travel: Léonie d'Aunet and Flora Tristan
14. The journalist: Delphine de Girardin
15. Feeling and poetic technique: Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
16. Women and politics
Part III. Naturalism and Symbolism: The Beginnings of a New Era (1870-99): 17. Overview, 1870-99
18. A new boldness: Marcell Tinayre, Louise Ackermann and Gyp
19. Experiment: naturalism, symbolism and Marie Krysinska
20. Cruelty to humans and animals: Louise Michel
21. Rachilde and the horror of gender confusion
22. Postscript: England
23. Legacies
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
