Selected Letters, Orations, and Rhetorical Dialogues

Klappentext Madeleine de Scudery (1607-1701) was the most popular novelist in her time! read in French in volume installments all over Europe and translated into English! German! Italian! and even Arabic. But she was also a charismatic figure in French salon culture! a woman who supported herself through her writing and defended women's education. She was the first woman to be honored by the French Academy! and she earned a pension from Louis XIV for her writing. "Selected Letters! Orations! and Rhetorical Dialogues" is a careful selection of Scudery's shorter writings! emphasizing her abilities as a rhetorical theorist! orator! essayist! and letter writer. It provides the first English translations of some of Scudery's "Amorous Letters!" only recently identified as her work! as well as selections from her "Famous Women! or Heroic Speeches!" and her series of "Conversations." The book will be of great interest to scholars of the history of rhetoric! French literature! and women's studies. Zusammenfassung The editors present a careful selection from Scudery's shorter writings! including her 'Amorous Letters'! 'Famous Women'! and her series of 'Conversations'. One of the most popular novelists of the 17th century! Scudery was the first woman to be honoured by the French Academy.

Product details

• Authors: De Scudery, Madeline/ Donawerth De Scudery, Madeleine De Scudery, SCUDERY MADELEINE DE
• Assisted by: Jane L. Donawerth (Editor), Julie Strongson (Editor), Jane Donawerth (Translation), Jane L. Donawerth (Translation), Julie Strongson (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2004
• EAN: 9780226144047
• ISBN: 978-0-226-14404-7
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe; Other Voice in Early Modern Eu; The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe; Other Voice in Early Modern Europe (CHUP); The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies