Early modern French autobiography

by Virastau, Nicolae Alexandru

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Title Statements

Full title :Early modern French autobiography / by Nicolae Alexandru Virastau.

Summary

"This book offers a survey of the constitution of the French memoir tradition, and explores in detail the works of four representative authors: Philippe de Commynes, Louise de Savoie, Philippe de Cheverny, and François de Bassompierre. Works of self-writing were usually printed under the title of "memoirs" and have been often considered a uniform genre. These early forms of self-writing were in fact highly heterogenous works at the crossroads of multiple genres, from the account book to the astrological diary. Their writing, printing, and circulation challenge modern notions of autobiographical genres: their authorship is often questionable and collective, and they tended to be compiled in large collections for political ends, without regard to the authors' intention"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2021

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Brill
Place of Publication:Leiden
Language:eng
Publication Date:2021

The Physical Object

Description:206 pages ; : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9789004424418, 9004424415
oclc:on1228031190
LC Classification:CT34.F8
Dewey Decimal:808.06/692

Subjects

Autobiographie -- Auteurs français Autobiography -- Authorship Autobiography / French authors Bassompierre, François de Biographie (Genre littéraire) biographies (literary works) Biographies as Topic Biography as a literary form Commynes, Philippe de Hurault, Philippe,, comte de Cheverny Louise,, de Savoie, duchesse d'Angoulême Mémoires (Commynes, Philippe de)