{"product_id":"disguise-in-george-sands-novels-9780820449326","title":"Disguise in George Sand's Novels","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tamara Alvarez-Detrell | Michael G. Paulson | Françoise Ghillebaert\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - French\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSandian heroines swirl around men in their sororal and sartorial disguises like moths around candle flames. However, as \u003ci\u003eDisguise in George Sand's Novels\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates, the disguise is not an instrument to seduce men but rather to assert the heroines' true selves. The portrayal of female and androgynous protagonists in \u003ci\u003eRose et Blanche\u003c\/i\u003e (1831), \u003ci\u003eIndiana\u003c\/i\u003e (1832), \u003ci\u003eLélia\u003c\/i\u003e (1833\/39), \u003ci\u003eGabriel\u003c\/i\u003e (1839), \u003ci\u003eConsuelo\u003c\/i\u003e (1842), and \u003ci\u003eLa Comtesse de Rudolstadt\u003c\/i\u003e (1844) is a metaphor to demonstrate the continuity of identities before and after the disguise as George Sand stipulates in her theory of the \u003ci\u003eménechme\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eDisguise in George Sand's Novels\u003c\/i\u003e explores the maturation process of Romantic and artistically inclined heroines and highlights the spiritual meaning of the disguise as a rite of passage for the birth of a new type of protagonist: spiritual, self-assertive, and dedicated to erasing gender inequality and helping the poor.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47584044777623,"sku":"9780820449326","price":8801.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780820449326.webp?v=1774953686","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/disguise-in-george-sands-novels-9780820449326","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}