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Mademoiselle de Montpensier: Writings, Châteaux, and Female Self-Construction in Early Modern France

Mademoiselle de Montpensier: Writings, Châteaux, and Female Self-Construction in Early Modern France

Maríñez, Sophie

Hardcover

Literary CriticismGeneral European HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9004337202
ISBN13: 9789004337206
Publisher: Brill
Published: Sep 6 2017
Pages: 220
Weight: 1.70
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
Mademoiselle de Montpensier: Writings, 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.

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