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.