Apology for the woman writing and other works /
During her lifetime, the gifted writer Marie le Jars de Gournay (1565-1645) was celebrated as one of the "seventy most famous women of all time" in Jean de la Forge's Circle of Learned Women (1663). The adopted daughter of Montaigne, as well as his editor, Gournay was a major literary...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2002.
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Colección: | Other voice in early modern Europe.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | During her lifetime, the gifted writer Marie le Jars de Gournay (1565-1645) was celebrated as one of the "seventy most famous women of all time" in Jean de la Forge's Circle of Learned Women (1663). The adopted daughter of Montaigne, as well as his editor, Gournay was a major literary force and a pioneering feminist voice during a tumultuous period in France. This volume presents translations of four of Gournay's works that address feminist issues. Two of these appear here in English for the first time?The Promenade of Monsieur de Montaigne and The Apology for the Woman Writing. One |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxviii, 176 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-166) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780226305264 0226305260 9780226305554 0226305554 9780226305561 0226305562 9786611125691 6611125698 |