01871nam a2200325 i 4500 220849 InACL 20260928161056.0 260928s1999 xxu 0 eng d 9780820437828 0820437824 InACL eng rda InACL 841.00915 LEV 23 Levy, Gayle A. author Refiguring the muse / Gayle A. Levy New York : P. Lang, 1999 186 pages text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Although the muse is an integral element in discussions of poetic creation, no extended study before Refiguring the Muse has addressed the role of this figure in French literature. This work focuses on the poetry of Stephane Mallarme, Albert Samain, Sully Prudhomme, Anna de Noailles, and Renee Vivien and takes as its central concern the relationships between poetic expression and the social, cultural, and historical representations of gender between 1870 and 1914. Dr.Levy's approach to the subject is twofold. First, she redefines the term "muse" in order to take into account the changes that the word has undergone within the French historical and literary context since the thirteenth century. Then, she shows how the figure of the poetic muse itself changes and begins to be liberated from the nineteenth-century concept that had kept the trope frozen in a passive role. French poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism. French poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Muses (Greek deities) in literature. Women in literature. History and criticism French poetry Muses (Greek deities) in literature Women in literature 633347 633347 0 0 0 0 ACL ACL GEN 2026-09-28 0 841.00915 LEV 220849 2026-09-28 16:10:56 2026-09-28 BK