George Sand: Writing for Her Life

by Isabelle Hoog Naginski

Book Overview

Sand was a prolific writer of nearly 60 novels who dealt with the serious issues of her time and was identified with the Romantic literary movement. Yet serious study of her works is lacking, for Sand became known more for her eccentric lifestyle and love affairs with famous contemporaries, i.e., Alfred de Musset and Frederic Chopin, than her career as a writer. Moreover, she was unique in her approach as a woman who refused to trivialize her craft...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813516749
• ISBN13: 9780813516745
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"