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Apology for the Woman Writing and Other Works - Couverture souple

Livre 17 sur 28: The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe

De Gournay, Marie Le Jars

 
9780226305561: Apology for the Woman Writing and Other Works
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0226305562 ISBN 13 : 9780226305561
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2002

Synopsis

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 of the first modern psychological novels, the best-selling Promenade was also the first to explore female sexual feeling. With the autobiographical Apology, Gournay defended every aspect of her life, from her moral conduct to her household management. The book also includes Gournay's last revisions (1641) of her two best-known feminist treatises, The Equality of Men and Women and The Ladies' Complaint. The editors provide a general overview of Gournay's career, as well as individual introductions and extensive annotations for each work.

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À propos de l'auteur

Richard Hillman is a professor of English at the Université François-Rabelais in Tours, France. His previous books include Self-Speaking in Medieval and Early Modern English Drama.

Colette Quesnel is affiliated with the Université du Québec à Montréal. She is the author of Mourir de rire d'après et avec Rabelais. Together they translated and edited Preface to the Essays of Michel de Montaigne by His Adoptive Daughter, Marie le Jars de Gournay.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0226305562
ISBN 13 
9780226305561
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
204
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