Villedieu, Madame de, -1683.

Memoirs of the life of Henriette-Sylvie de Molière a novel / [electronic resource] : Madame de Villedieu (Marie-Catherine Desjardins) ; edited and translated by Donna Kuizenga. - University of Chicago Press, c2004. - 1 online resource (xxxi, 194 p.) : maps. - The other voice in early modern Europe . - Other voice in early modern Europe. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Known as Madame de Villedieu, Marie-Catherine Desjardins (ca. 1640-83) was a prolific writer who played an important role in the evolution of the early modern French novel. One of the earliest women to write for a living, she defied cultural convention by becoming an innovator and appealing to popular tastes through fiction, drama, and poetry. Memoirs of the Life of Henriette-Sylvie de Molière, a semi autobiographical novel, portrays an enterprising woman who writes the story of her life, a complex tale that runs counter to social expectations and novelistic conventions. A striking work, the s.

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Villedieu, Madame de, -1683. Mémoires de la vie de Henriette-Sylvie de Molière.
Villedieu, Madame de, d. 1683.


French literature--17th century--Translations into English.
French literature--17th century.
Electronic books.

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Electronic books.
Autobiographical fiction.

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