She Said No
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She Said NO argues that the simple word "no" reveals a profound gender divide in authority over who gets to speak, and who gets to refuse. Through an archival recovery of female refusal in French literature, it reframes consent and critiques the patriarchal foundations of the literary canon, offering a new feminist way of reading texts of the Grand Siècle.
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JENNIFER TAMAS is Professor of French Literature at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. She has published numerous books, including Le Silence trahi. Racine ou la Déclaration Tragique (2018) Racine's dramaturgy and the eloquence of silence, Peut-on encore être galant? (2024) on the notion of gallantry, and Faut-il en finir avec les contes de fées? (2024) on how traditional fairy tales are misunderstood today.
ELISABETH LYMAN is a freelance French-to-English translator in Paris, France.