Colette’s Journalism
Genre and Rhetoric in the Chroniques
Anne Freadman
Click cover to enlarge Booksellers & libraries: | Research Monographs in French Studies 74 Legenda
ISBN: 978-1-839543-67-8 (hardback) • RRP £95, $120, €120 ISBN: 978-1-839543-68-5 (paperback, forthcoming) ISBN: 978-1-839543-69-2 (JSTOR ebook) Colette published several series of chroniques in the periodical press, between 1911 and 1928, collecting each series in volumes. They discuss a wide variety of topics. What is a ‘chronique’, and what is its function both in the periodical, and out of this environment? Anne Freadman studies these chroniques by drawing on Colette’s rhetorical practices. Notably, she investigates how the figure of the writer represents herself and her readers. What position does she occupy when considering her topics? Does she provoke her readers or solicit their connivence? What work does she get the chroniques to do? Anne Freadman’s previous publications on Colette include The Livres-Souvenirs of Colette: Genre and the Telling of Time. She is an acknowledged authority on the problematics of genre. She is Honorary Professorial Fellow in French at the University of Melbourne. Bibliography entry: Freadman, Anne, Colette’s Journalism: Genre and Rhetoric in the Chroniques, Research Monographs in French Studies, 74 (Legenda, 2026) First footnote reference: 35 Anne Freadman, Colette’s Journalism: Genre and Rhetoric in the Chroniques, Research Monographs in French Studies, 74 (Legenda, 2026), p. 21. Subsequent footnote reference: 37 Freadman, p. 47. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) Bibliography entry: Freadman, Anne. 2026. Colette’s Journalism: Genre and Rhetoric in the Chroniques, Research Monographs in French Studies, 74 (Legenda) Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Freadman 2026: 21). Example footnote reference: 35 Freadman 2026: 21. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) This title is distributed on behalf of MHRA by Ingram’s. Booksellers and libraries can order direct from Ingram by setting up an ipage Account: click here for more. Permanent link to this title: www.mhra.org.uk/publications/Colettes-Journalism www.mhra.org.uk/publications/rmfs-74 |
21 April 2026