Colette

by Julia Kristeva

Book Overview

Published on the fiftieth anniversary of her death, this intellectual biography of Colette--the final volume of Julia Kristeva's trilogy "Female Genius"--will be considered a major breakthrough in understanding one of the great creative minds of the twentieth century.

Colette (1873-1954) was a prolific novelist who celebrated sexual pleasure and invented a language for it at a time when women writers were inhibited about dealing with the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231128975
• ISBN13: 9780231128971
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher