Modern techniques in a seventeenth-century writer
Subtitle: Anne de la Roche-Guilhen
By: Moses Hardin.
Series: Contemporary critical concepts and pre-enlightenment literature ;; vol. 1
Publisher: Peter Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
Subjects: La Roche-Guilhen, Mlle de 1644-1707 -- Technique.; French fiction -- 17th century -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.; Women and literature -- France -- History -- 17th century.; Rhetoric.; Fiction -- Technique.
Description: Modern Techniques in a Seventeenth-Century Writer focuses on the novelistic techniques used by Anne de la Roche-Guilhen, a seventeenth-century writer. The first in-depth study of its kind, it explores many elements of plot, characterization, and narration. It shows Anne de la Roche-Guilhen's originality by comparing her treatment of the theme of love to that of Madame de La Fayette and other well-known authors.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-135) and index.