Article: Gautier, Theophile. OEuvres completes: Romans, contes et nouvelles Tome 1: Mademoiselle de Maupin.(Book review)

Gautier, Theophile. OEuvres completes: Romans, contes et nouvelles Tome 1: Mademoiselle de Maupin. Texte etabli, presente et annote par Anne Geisler-Szmulewicz. Paris: Champion, 2004. Pp. 436. ISBN 2-7453-0966-8

If cross-dressing is about the incongruity of appearances, Theophile Gautier's first novel Mademoiselle de Maupin is a study in ambiguous surfaces that can be read for a multitude of meanings. Chronicling the story of a maiden-turned-chevalier, the text has evoked a complex and often contradictory critical reception ever since its 1835 publication. Anne Geisler-Szmulewicz's edition of the novel offers readers a comprehensible version of the text as she ...

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