Cotonnier

Morvan and Normandy as backdrops to romans paysans clearly aimed at a specifically urban audience. Few women writers, however, followed the example of Madeleine Perrein (b. 1935) who introduced feminist issues into novels situated in the Landes (Les Cotonniers de Bassalane, 1984). More generally, regional writing has been a net beneficiary of political action and new directions in literature. The decentralization of culture has not only boosted non-Parisian theatre but created conditions in which poetry