| Description |
1 online resource (xxxi, 174 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Other voice in early modern Europe |
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Other voice in early modern Europe.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Series Editors' Introduction; Volume Editors' Introduction; Volume Editors' Bibliography; Model Letters from "Amorous Letters" (1641); Fictional Orations from "Famous Women" (1665); Rhetorical Dialogues; Series Editors' Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Madeleine de Scudéry (1607-1701) was the most popular novelist in her time, read in French in volume installments all over Europe and translated into English, German, Italian, and even Arabic. But she was also a charismatic figure in French salon culture, a woman who supported herself through her writing and defended women's education. She was the first woman to be honored by the French Academy, and she earned a pension from Louis XIV for her writing. Selected Letters, Orations, and Rhetorical Dialogues is a careful selection of Scudéry's shorter writings, emphasizing her abilities as a rhetor |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-43) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Scudéry, Madeleine de, 1607-1701. Works. Selections
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French literature -- 17th century.
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French literature
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Donawerth, Jane, 1947-
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Strongson, Julie.
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| ISBN |
9780226144122 |
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0226144127 |
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9780226144030 |
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0226144038 |
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9780226144047 |
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0226144046 |
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1281125474 |
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9781281125477 |
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9786611125479 |
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6611125477 |
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