Memoirs of the life of Henriette-Sylvie de Molière : a novel / Madame de Villedieu (Marie-Catherine Desjardins) ; edited and translated by Donna Kuizenga.

By:

Villedieu, Madame de, -1683

Contributor(s):

Kuizenga, Donna

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Other voice in early modern EuropePublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2004.Description: 1 online resource (xxxi, 194 pages) : mapsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780226144214
0226144216
1281125482
9781281125484
9786611125486
6611125485

Uniform titles:

Mémoires de la vie de Henriette-Sylvie de Molière. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Memoirs of the life of Henriette-Sylvie de Molière.DDC classification:

843/.4 22

LOC classification:

PQ1794.D5 A6813 2004eb

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Series Editors' Introduction; Madame de Villedieu, a Woman on Her Own; Volume Editor's Bibliography; Memoirs of the Life of Henriette-Sylvie de Molière: A Novel; Fragment of a Letter; Part One; Part Two; Part Three; Part Four; Part Five; Part Six; Series Editors' Bibliography

Summary: Known as Madame de Villedieu, Marie-Catherine Desjardins (ca. 1640-83) was a prolific writer who played an important role in the evolution of the early modern French novel. One of the earliest women to write for a living, she defied cultural convention by becoming an innovator and appealing to popular tastes through fiction, drama, and poetry. Memoirs of the Life of Henriette-Sylvie de Molière, a semi autobiographical novel, portrays an enterprising woman who writes the story of her life, a complex tale that runs counter to social expectations and novelistic conventions. A striking work, the s.

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Known as Madame de Villedieu, Marie-Catherine Desjardins (ca. 1640-83) was a prolific writer who played an important role in the evolution of the early modern French novel. One of the earliest women to write for a living, she defied cultural convention by becoming an innovator and appealing to popular tastes through fiction, drama, and poetry. Memoirs of the Life of Henriette-Sylvie de Molière, a semi autobiographical novel, portrays an enterprising woman who writes the story of her life, a complex tale that runs counter to social expectations and novelistic conventions. A striking work, the s.

English.

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