Salons, History, and the Creation of Seventeenth-century France: Mastering MemoryAshgate, 2006 - 345 pages The first half of the book is a detailed study of how the salons influenced the development of literature. Beasley argues that many women were not only writers, they also served as critics for the literary sphere as a whole. In the second half of the book Beasley examines how historians and literary critics subsequently portrayed the seventeenth century literary realm, which became identified with the great reign of Louis XIV and designated the official canon of French literature. Beasley argues that in a rewriting of this past, the salons were reconfigured in order to advance an alternative view of this premier moment of French culture and of the literary masterpieces that developed out of it. Through her analysis of how the seventeenth century salon has been defined and transmitted to posterity, Beasley illuminates facets of France's collective memory, and the powers that constituted it in the past and that are still working to define it today. |
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... Scudéry is able to condemn Corneille's success because it obviously does not scrupulously adhere to such scholastic criteria . But Scudéry's attack is inspired by more than a desire to reiterate the rules to Corneille and his public ...
... Scudéry is able to condemn Corneille's success because it obviously does not scrupulously adhere to such scholastic criteria . But Scudéry's attack is inspired by more than a desire to reiterate the rules to Corneille and his public ...
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Mastering Memory Faith Evelyn Beasley. a Journal des Savants praised Scudéry and these works produced near the end of a very illustrious career : “ On reconnaît d'abord Mlle de Scudéry , dont le génie , loin de s'épuiser , semble prendre ...
Mastering Memory Faith Evelyn Beasley. a Journal des Savants praised Scudéry and these works produced near the end of a very illustrious career : “ On reconnaît d'abord Mlle de Scudéry , dont le génie , loin de s'épuiser , semble prendre ...
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... Scudéry's less - than - appealing physical qualities , which the editor of the Pléiade edition of the Historiettes then feels obliged to reinforce with a note explaining that “ Cette laideur était fameuse , et reconnue par les amis de ...
... Scudéry's less - than - appealing physical qualities , which the editor of the Pléiade edition of the Historiettes then feels obliged to reinforce with a note explaining that “ Cette laideur était fameuse , et reconnue par les amis de ...
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The Salons and Literary Taste | 19 |
The Ruelles and Literary Innovation | 100 |
Creating Classical France | 175 |
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