Renée Vivien differs from her female contemporaries in that she saw poetry both as a way of talking about sapphism and as an imaginary space dominated by iconoclastic female figures such as Sappho. She translated the latter’s work anew in an openly lesbian perspective, while seeking inspiration in her verse. At the same time, she developed her own personal topics rooted in a morbid melancholy combined with an intense desire to undermine the sexual norms of the Belle Époque.
CLIL theme: 4028 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes de littérature comparée