| The Female Protagonist in the «Nouvelles» of Madame de Villedieu Contributor(s): Alvarez-Detrell, Tamara (Editor), Paulson, Michael G. (Editor), Klein, Nancy D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820419656 ISBN-13: 9780820419657 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $61.70 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - France - Literary Criticism | European - French - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 843.4 |
| LCCN: 92014655 |
| Series: American University Studies |
| Physical Information: 221 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book offers a major assessment of representative seventeenth-century "nouvelles" in France. The study shows how Mme de Villedieu (Marie-Catherine Desjardins), a popular and prolific writer at the time of Louis XIV, modified the genre creating a new form, the "nouvelle galante." Dr. Klein traces changing concepts of form and at the same time changing modes of representing the female protagonists. One finds in Villedieu's narratives the emergence of a new image of the heroine who presents a new language and esthetic of love. Thoroughly researched, this well written book shows that Mme de Villedieu's influence as a writer was indeed far-reaching and long-lasting. |
