Cartesian Women: Versions and Subversions of Rational Discourse in the Old Regime

by Erica Harth

Overview

The little-known writings that Erica Harth examines here reveal a remarkable chapter in the history of Western thought. Drawing upon current theoretical work in gender studies, cultural history, and literary criticism, Harth looks at how women in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France attempted to overcome gender barriers and participated in the shaping of rational discourse.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801427152
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Publication date:	06/16/1992
Series:	Reading Women Writing
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.06(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Erica Harth is Professor of Romance and Comparative Literature at Brandeis University.