Writings by Pre-Revolutionary French Women
Subtitle: From Marie de France to Elizabeth Vige-Le Brun (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: November 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 500
ISBN-13: 9780815331902
Subjects: Collections & anthologies of various literary forms; Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; Women's studies; Women In Literature; Literature - Classics / Criticism; French; Literary Criticism; European - French; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; French Literature; Translations into English; Women Authors
First sentence: Marie de France is generally considered to have been France's first woman of letters, and her importance is not merely historical, for scholars have also acknowledged her as one of the most gifted authors of the French Middle Ages.