Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction. Femina, La Vie Heureuse and the Invention of the Femme Moderne 1
5. Part I. Readers and Writers
6. Chapter 1. Chères lectrices 33
7. Chapter 2. Beyond the Bluestocking 55
8. Chapter 3. The “Oriental” Authoress 85
9. Chapter 4. The Writer Writes Back 107
10. Part II. Texts and Contexts
11. Chapter 5. A New Man for the New Woman? 123
12. Chapter 6. Jean Lorrain’s Women’s Magazine 144
13. Chapter 7. A Belle Epoque Media Storm 155
14. Conclusion. Imagining the Académicienne 173
15. Notes 197
16. Selected Bibliography 225
17. Index 233