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Gender, genius and the artist's double bind : the letters of Camille Claudel, 1880-1910
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Wilson, Susannah (2017) Gender, genius and the artist's double bind : the letters of Camille Claudel, 1880-1910. Modern Language Review, 112 (2). pp. 362-380. doi:10.5699/modelangrevi.112.2.0362 ISSN 0026-7937.
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.5699/modelangrevi.112.2.0362
Abstract
This article interprets various letters by the French sculptor Camille Claudel, in the light of fin-de-siècle French discourses on the ‘femme artiste’ and ‘art féminin’. Drawing on the psychopathological concept of the ‘double bind’ and theoretical discussions of the gendering of genius, the article argues that the artistic and epistolary persona constructed in these letters throws light on the psychological conflicts typically experienced by talented women faced with paradoxical injunctions. It concludes that Claudel's personal negotiation of these constraints contained elements of success and failure that cause us to rethink the typical formulaic, pathologizing explanations of her life story.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | N Fine Arts > NB Sculpture | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > French Studies | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Claudel, Camille, 1864-1943, Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917, Sculpture, French -- History -- 19th century, Art and mental illness, Feminist art criticism | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Modern Language Review | ||||||
| Publisher: | Maney Publishing | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0026-7937 | ||||||
| Official Date: | April 2017 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 112 | ||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 362-380 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.5699/modelangrevi.112.2.0362 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 16 September 2016 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 30 April 2018 | ||||||
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