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 topic. Female...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231128967
• ISBN13: 9780231128964
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 521 Pages
• Weight: 1.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher