Into Print - The Production of Female Authorship in Early Modern France

This book examines the role that book production played in shaping notions of female authorship in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century France. Through close analysis of volumes attributed to Helisenne de Crenne, Louise Lab, la Dame des Roches, and Marie de Gournay against the historical backdrop of the early French book market, Chang shows how the female author acts as a figure who often has diverse functions and meanings, in printed books of the period. Focusing on how the female author 's gender, authority, and appeal are crafted in the creation of the material volume, Into Print shows how the production of female-authored volumes influenced early modern concepts of both gender and authorship.

About the author

Leah L. Chang is assistant professor of French at the George Washington University.

Product details

• Authors: Leah Chang, Leah L Chang, Leah L. Chang
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781611491135
• ISBN: 978-1-61149-113-5
• No. of pages: 284
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, Literature: history & criticism, Literary reference works