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Mademoiselle de Montpensier : writing, châteaux, and female self-construction in early modern France / by Sophie Maríñez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maríñez, Sophie, author.
- Series:
- Faux titre ; no. 416.
- Faux Titre : études de langue et littérature françaises ; volume 416
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de, 1627-1693--Criticism and interpretation.
- Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans.
- Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de, 1627-1693--Political and social views.
- Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'OrleÌans, duchesse de, 1627-1693.
- Nobility--France--Biography.
- Nobility.
- Castles.
- History.
- Single women.
- Political and social views.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- France.
- Authors, French--Biography.
- Authors, French.
- Single women--France--Biography.
- Feminists--France--Biography.
- Feminists.
- Women and literature--France--History--17th century.
- Women and literature.
- Castles--France--History--17th century.
- Castles in literature.
- France--Intellectual life--17th century.
- Intellectual life.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 219 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
- Summary:
- "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.
- Contents:
- Building subjects : women and buildings in early modern France
- Building and writing : strategies of self-construction
- Against or for marriage? : reconfiguring freedom and power
- Building fictive worlds.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Maríñez, Sophie. Mademoiselle de Montpensier.
- ISBN:
- 9789004337206
- 9004337202
- OCLC:
- 973291074
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