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Selected letters, orations, and rhetorical dialogues [electronic resource] / Madeleine de Scudéry ; edited and translated by Jane Donawerth and Julie Strongson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Other voice in early modern EuropePublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (xxxi, 174 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9780226144122 (electronic bk.)
  • 0226144127 (electronic bk.)
  • 9780226144030 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226144038 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780226144047 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0226144046 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Uniform titles:
  • Selections. English. 2004
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Selected letters, orations, and rhetorical dialogues.DDC classification:
  • 843/.7 22
LOC classification:
  • PQ1922.A1 S454 2004eb
Online resources: Summary: 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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ელ.რესურსი ელ.რესურსი ეროვნული სამეცნიერო ბიბლიოთეკა 1 821.133..1”16” (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-43) and index.

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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