SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Literary Texts: Octave Mirbeau

»Octave Mirbeau (16 February 1848 – 16 February 1917) was a French novelist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, journalist and playwright, who achieved celebrity in Europe and great success among the public, whilst still appealing to the literary and artistic avant-garde with highly transgressive novels that explored violence, abuse and psychological detachment.« -- More information: Wikipedia

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Samiou, Antigone. »Le violence sexiste et le féminicide dans l'œuvre mirabellienne.« Cahiers Octave Mirbeau No. 30 (2023): 207-224.

II. Speaker Index

Le Journal d'une femme de chambre (The Diary of a Chambermaid) (Novel, published in 1891/92)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»The Diary of a Chambermaid (French: Le Journal d'une femme de chambre) is a 1900 decadent novel by Octave Mirbeau, published during the Dreyfus Affair. First published in serialized form in L’Écho de Paris from 1891 to 1892, Mirbeau’s novel was reworked and polished before appearing in the Dreyfusard journal La Revue Blanche in 1900.« -- More information: Wikipedia

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 19^th Century | II. Geographical Index: Europen History: French History | III. Topical Index: Cases: Fictional Victims: Célestine; Types: General: Rape; Victims: Professions: Servants

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Castanié, Mathilde. »Le Journal d’une femme de chambre confronté à l’imaginaire social de la domestique violée au xixe siècle.« Cahiers Octave Mirbeau No. 30 (2023): 225-254.

II. Speaker Index