Gabriel: An English Translation (MLA Texts and Translations) by George Sand

Modern Language Association of America, an Imprint of Modern Language Association of America, 2010-09-01. critical edition. paperback. Used: Good.

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New York, NY: Modern Language Association of America, 2010. Paperback. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; The handsome, heroic heir to a vast estate, raised as a man to follow a man's pursuits and to despise women, is devastated to learn at the age of 17 that he is in fact a she. Gabriel courageiously refuses to give up her male privileges, and her tragic struggle to work and fight and love in all the ways she knows. Hart's introduction contextualized the play, discussing its relation to the theater of Sand's day, the sentimental tradition, the subversive workings of carnival and masquerade, and the vein of literary androgyny in Romantic works.

Modern Language Association of America, an Imprint of Modern Language Association of America, 2010-09-01. critical edition. paperback. Used:Good.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Paperback / softback. New. "An admirable ruse, indeed! To inspire in me the horror of females, only to throw it in my face and say: but this is what you are." The handsome, heroic heir to a vast estate, raised as a man to follow a man's pursuits and to despise women, is devastated to learn at the age of seventeen that he is in fact a she. Gabriel courageously refuses to give up her male privileges, and her tragic struggle to work and fight and love in all the ways she knows how offers a window into the obstacles faced by George Sand, the prolific intellectual woman whom the popular press portrayed as a promiscuous, cigar-smoking oddity in trousers. "Strange that the most virile talent of our time should be a woman's!" exclaimed a reviewer in 1838. Kathleen Robin Hart's introduction contextualizes the drama, discussing its relation to the theater of Sand's day, the sentimental tradition, the subversive workings of carnival and masquerade, and the… Read More

Modern Language Association of America, 2010. Paperback. New. translation edition. 190 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.75 inches.