Title Anne de Graville and women's literary networks in early modern France / Elizabeth L'Estrange

Published Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY, USA : D.S. Brewer, 2023 ©2023

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 351 pages) : illustrations (some color), genealogical table Series Gallica ; volume 49 Gallica (Woodbridge (Suffolk, England)) ; v. 49. Contents Introduction. 'Une femme d'excellence en vertus, ma dame d'Entraigues' : Anne de Graville's life and works -- Part 1. Anne de Graville : reader and collector. J'en garde un leal : reconstructing Anne de Graville's library ; 'A vos yeulx, un peu de recreation' : translation, translatio studii and self-fashioning in Anne de Graville's Chaldean histories ; The Rouen connection : the Puy, poetry and Petrarch -- Part 2. From reading to writing : Anne as author. Musas natura, lachrymas fortuna : Anne de Graville, Christine de Pizan and women's shaping of the querelle des femmes ; Love, Amazons and fortune in the Beau roman for Claude of France ; Debating with 'Maistre Allain' : Chartier, Blois and poetic form in the Rondeaux for Louise of Savoy -- Conclusion. 'Celle la qui porte le regnon' : a last word on Anne de Graville -- Appendix A. Books inherited, acquired, commissioned by or associated with Anne de Graville -- Appendix B. Inventory of the d'Urfé library at La Bâtie, c. 1780 -- Appendix C. Manuscripts containing works by Anne de Graville Summary "In the 1520s, the French noblewoman Anne de Graville composed two poetic works, based on older, canonical, male-authored texts: Giovanni Boccaccio's Teseida and Alain Chartier's Belle dame sans mercy. The first, the Beau roman, she offered to Claude, queen of France and wife of Francis I, and the second, the Rondeaux, to the king's mother, Louise of Savoy. With the pro-feminine spin of her rewritings, Anne developed the legacy of another woman writer from 100 years earlier, Christine de Pizan, by entering the on-going debate known as the querelle des femmes. Like Christine, Anne sought to redress the negative view of women found in much contemporary popular literature and to offer role models for both men and women at the court of Francis I. This book is the first detailed reconstruction and interpretation of Anne's library and her collecting practice, showing how they relate to her own writings and her literary milieu. It also teases out her links to other women writers of the time interested in the querelle, such as Catherine d'Amboise and Margaret of Navarre. Paying close attention to literary, manuscript, and artistic sources, it establishes Anne's reputation as one of the most erudite poets of the period, and one keenly attuned to the position of women in society as well as to the political sensitivities of the French court"--Back cover Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-342) and index Notes Print version record Subject Graville, Anne de, approximately 1490-approximately 1543. Graville, Anne de, approximately 1490-approximately 1543 -- Criticism and interpretation Graville, Anne de, approximately 1490-approximately 1543 -- Library SUBJECT Graville, Anne de, approximately 1490-approximately 1543 fast Subject Women authors, French -- 16th century Authors, French -- 16th century French literature -- 16th century -- History and criticism Feminism in literature. Authors, French Feminism in literature French literature Intellectual life Libraries Women authors, French SUBJECT France -- Intellectual life -- 16th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051438 Subject France Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781800109414 1800109415 9781800109421 1800109423

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