Mademoiselle de Montpensier
Subtitle: Writings, Châteaux, and Female Self-Construction in Early Modern France
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9789004337206
Subjects: Nobility, france; France, biography; Authors, french; Authors, biography; Single women; Feminists; Women and literature; Castles; France, intellectual life
Description: "Mademoiselle de Montpensier : Writing, Châteaux, and Female Self-Construction in Early Modern France examines questions of self-construction in the works of Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans, Duchesse de Montpensier (1627-1693), the wealthiest unmarried woman in Europe at the time, a pro-women advocate, author of memoirs, letters and novels, and the commissioner of four châteaux and other buildings throughout France, including Saint-Fargeau, Champigny-sur-Veude, Eu, and Choisy-le-roi. An NEH-funded project, this study explores the interplay between writing and the symbolic import of châteaux to examine Montpensier's strategies to establish herself as a woman with autonomy and power in early modern France"--Provided by publisher.