"One of the most striking features of Colette's work is to bear witness to a profound metamorphosis in the profession of writer. Not hesitating to ridicule, with Valéry whom she admires, the "professional writer", she prefers to him the multiple professions which the modern world now imposes on those who make a job of writing. Music-hall actress ("the trade of those who have learned none"), lecturer, preface writer, businesswoman, mentor for young journalists, journalist herself, cosmetics merchant, beautician, Colette was the woman of several careers, of which this first issue of the Colette Series seeks to make echoes heard in the work - from the best known to the most neglected by critics. By declining the different meanings that the author of The Hidden Woman given to the term profession, the file shows it in all its novelty: the example of a new, plural conception of the literary career. The main file of eight contributions on the profession of writer is followed by a section of Variétés, which brings together works on free themes, rare and unpublished documents, notes on Coletti's erudition and a report." -- Publisher's website.
Series:
La Revue des lettres modernes, 0035-2136 ; 2023-8 Colette ; 1
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