New Observations on the French Language, with Praises of Illustrious Learned Women

"Two feminist works by Marguerite Buffet that had been bound together in their original 1668 edition: a grammatical work on proper French usage and a celebration of famous women, another entry in the ongoing literary debate known as the querelle des femmes"--

About the author

Marguerite Buffet (ca. 1600-80 CE) was a Parisian gentlewoman and a private French teacher. Lynn S. Meskill is associate professor of English literature and translation at Paris City University. She is the author of Ben Jonson and Envy.

Product details

• Authors: Marguerite Buffet, Lynn S. Meskill
• Publisher: Iter Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2023
• EAN: 9781649590817
• ISBN: 978-1-64959-081-7
• No. of pages: 164
• Dimensions: 229 mm x 152 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 280 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History