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Two Proto-Science-Fiction Novels Written in French by Eighteenth Century Women
Nazé, Yaël
2021In Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 24 (1), p. 125-136
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Abstract :
[en] With Cyrano, Voltaire, and Verne, France provided important milestones in the history of early science fiction. However, even if the genre was not very common a few centuries ago, there were numerous additional contributions by French-speaking writers. In this paper, we review two cases of interplanetary novels written in the second half of the eighteenth century and sharing a rare particularity: their authors were female. Voyages de Milord Ceton was imagined by Marie-Anne de Roumier-Robert whereas Cornelie Wouters de Wasse conceived Le Char Volant. While their personal lives were very different, and their writing style too, both authors share in these novels a common philosophy in which equality -- between ranks but also between genders -- takes an important place. Their works thus clearly fit into the context of the Enlightenment.
Disciplines :
Literature
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Nazé, Yaël  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Groupe d'astrophysique des hautes énergies (GAPHE)
Language :
English
Title :
Two Proto-Science-Fiction Novels Written in French by Eighteenth Century Women
Publication date :
March 2021
Journal title :
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
ISSN :
1440-2807
Publisher :
Astral Press, Floreat, Australia
Volume :
24
Issue :
1
Pages :
125-136
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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