Books by Maria C. Scott

Stendhal's most independent heroines are usually disliked or marginalized by critics. However, when gender-neutral criteria are applied, Mina de Vanghel, Vanina Vanini, Mathilde de La Mole, and Lamiel can all be shown to enact extraordinary experiments in freedom.

This investigation of the operation of irony in Baudelaire's Le Spleen de Paris contends that the principle target of the collections spleen is, in fact, its own readership. Though focuses on Le Spleen de Paris, the study engages with the full range of Baudelaire's writings, including his art and literary criticism.