Rewriting the Writing Mother in Marie Darrieussecq's Le Bébé

This article studies the innovative maternal portrait in Marie Darrieussecq's Le Bébé (2002), the autobiographical story of a mother's first nine months with her newborn son. It also examines how Darrieussecq engages in the riveting debate surrounding maternal creativity. On the one hand...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Claire Marrone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: New Prairie Press 2008-01-01
Series:Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Online Access:http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol32/iss1/5