Biography in Early Modern France, 1540-1630 - Forms and Functions

This book offers valuable insights into biography's role as a form of social and cultural negotiation geared to advance the biographer's career. It presents case studies of four exemplary biographies and one autobiography of major intellectual figures of France spanning the period 1540-1630.

List of contents

Introduction 1. 'Puis que peut faire un courtisan vagabond?' Le Roy's Gulielmi Budæi Vita (1540) 2. Diplomacy and Biography in the Wars of Religion: Charles Paschal's Life of Guy du Faur de Pibrac (1584) 3. The Traffic of Mercury Claude Binet and the Vie de Ronsard (1586) 4. Medicine and Method in Nicolas de Nancel's Petri Rami Vita (1599) 5. Staging Baroque Autobiography: Spectacle in Agrippa d'Aubigne's Sa Vie a ses enfants (1629) 6. Conclusion

About the author

Katherine MacDonald

Summary

This book offers valuable insights into biography's role as a form of social and cultural negotiation geared to advance the biographer's career. It presents case studies of four exemplary biographies and one autobiography of major intellectual figures of France spanning the period 1540?1630.

Product details

• Authors: Katherine Macdonald, Katherine (Paramount Pictures Macdonald, MacDonald Katherine
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780367603786
• ISBN: 978-0-367-60378-6
• No. of pages: 126
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; French, Biography: general, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700