The cover has slight soiling, but the book is in good condition. Edited by Yuji Ueda, "A Century of French Women: The Second Sex Through Enlightenment and Revolution" Edited by Yuji Ueda (SEKAISHISO SEMINAR) Publisher: Sekaishiso-sha (June 1, 2008) Release Date: June 1, 2008 Contents (from the "BOOK" database) The 18th century in France was the "century of women." Women, who had been considered the "second sex," began to assert their independent lives. How did they live, what did they express, and how were they depicted in the works of male writers? This book reconstructs their portraits in multiple layers. Table of Contents 1. Women in Novels (How Tragedy is Depicted - Voltaire's "L'Ingénue"; Moralists of Love Games - Claude Crébillon's "Les Égarements du cœur et de l'esprit"; The Virtue of Chastity - Robert Challes' "Illustrious French Women" and others) 2. Portraits of Women (The Trajectory of Independent Enlightenment Women - Countess Bentinck; Upside-Down Fairy Tales - Madame de Staël; Women Who Lived True to Themselves - Marquise du Deffand and others) 3. Works by Women Writers (Unseeing Gazes - Madame Riccoboni's "Histoire du Marquis de Cressy"; The Path of Solitary Self-Exploration - Madame de Graffigny's "Lettres d'une Péruvienne"; The Lingering Shadows of the Past - Madame de Genlis' "Mademoiselle de Clermont" and others)