TY  - BOOK
AU  - Scudéry,Madeleine de
AU  - Donawerth,Jane
AU  - Strongson,Julie
TI  - Selected letters, orations, and rhetorical dialogues
T2  - Other voice in early modern Europe
SN  - 9780226144122 (electronic bk.)
AV  - PQ1922.A1 S454 2004eb
U1  - 843/.7 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Scudéry, Madeleine de,
KW  - French literature
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - ფრანგული ლიტერატურა
KW  - მე-17 საუკუნე
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-43) and index
N2  - Madeleine de Scudéry (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 Scudéry's shorter writings, emphasizing her abilities as a rhetor
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