Format:
Online-Ressource (206 p.)
ISBN:
9780226305554
Series Statement:
Other Voice in Early Modern Europe, The
Content:
During her lifetime, the gifted writer Marie le Jars de Gournay (1565-1645) was celebrated as one of the "seventy most famous women of all time" in Jean de la Forge's Circle of Learned Women (1663). The adopted daughter of Montaigne, as well as his editor, Gournay was a major literary force and a pioneering feminist voice during a tumultuous period in France.This volume presents translations of four of Gournay's works that address feminist issues. Two of these appear here in English for the first time-The Promenade of Monsieur de Montaigne and The Apology for the Woman Writing. One of the firs
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Description based upon print version of record
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CONTENTS; Introduction to the Series; Introduction to Marie le Jars de Gournay (1565-1645); The Promenade of Monsieur de Montaigne (1594); The Equality of Men and Women; The Ladies' Complaint; Apology for the Woman Writing; Bibliography; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226305264
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226305554
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Apology for the Woman Writing and Other Works
Language:
English
Keywords:
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