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The Life And Times Of Marie Madeleine Countess Of La Fayette

The Life And Times Of Marie Madeleine Countess Of La Fayette

Lilian Rea

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Literary FiguresFiction AnthologiesGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9353606632
ISBN13: 9789353606633
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 30 2019
Pages: 428
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.95 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A brilliant mind in a gilded cage, Marie Madeleine, Comtesse de La Fayette stood at the heart of seventeenth century France, yet wrote with unsparing clarity about power, passion, and constraint. Genius, reserve, and quiet revolt. In this classic French biography of a writer and her world, Lilian Rea traces the complete life story of the author of La Princesse de Cleves, from a girlhood shaped by French court life to her later years as a discreet but formidable presence at the Louis XIV court and in the Paris salons. With a keen eye for character and atmosphere, Rea evokes the texture of French salon culture and the intimate networks of women writers in France, placing this Madame de La Fayette biography alongside the world revealed in the Madame de Sevigne letters. The result is a literary biography of author and age: a portrait of a quiet innovator whose psychological insight changed European fiction, and whose life illuminates politics, religion, and gender in ancien-regime society. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Indispensable for French literature students, womens history readers, and anyone drawn to the hidden lives behind French court life and its brilliant, constrained women.

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