Madame de sevigne biography of william shakespeare

  • The letters of the French aristocrat Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626-1696) are a significant contemporary source for the life of France in.
  • This biography of Mme de Sevigne brings to life the world of seventeenth-century France, a mother and her daughter, a writer and her brilliant letters.
  • France's first woman of letters, Madame de Sevigne, has been on my radar for many years.

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    The Letters of Madame De Sévigné.

    Notes

    The Carnavalet Edition, number 20 of 1,550 copies only, here including a document signed by Louis XIV. Whitman Bennett bound a number of sets in the same style, either through agreement with the publishers or as an offering to subscribers, but we can trace no other set with a similar document.

    Though an unusual offering, it is a fitting pairing - the letters of the French aristocrat Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626-1696) are a significant contemporary source for the life of France in the reign of Louis XIV. The document, dated 2 May 1698 and signed by Louis XIV at Versailles, honours Charles dem Cartigny for 21 years of service to the King.

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    7 text vols (238 x 158 mm), together with a uniform book-form slipcase and chemise enclosing a vellum manuscript. All vols finely bound by Whitman Bennett of New York, in contemporary reddish-purple morocco, titles and decorations in gilt to spines, huvud armorial

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    France’s first woman of letters, Madame de Sevigne, has been on my radar for many years. I’ve read her missives and enjoy including her in my musings.

    I often ask myself why I haven’t created a full-on literary adventure with this woman of the French court, as I’ve visited her former chateau in Paris a number of times (it’s now a museum) and bumped into her visage in museums and galleries worldwide. One of the most surprising places was the Glauco Lombardi Museum in Parma, which is devoted to the relationship between Emperor Napoleon I and his second wife Marie-Louise of Austria.

    I felt a sizzle of electricity course through my body as my eyes met the rather coquettish gaze of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal. What the heck is Madame dem Sévigné, one of France’s most famous courtiers during the reign of Louis XIV, doing confidently posed within a museum celebrating Napoleon’s queen? I wondered. inom stood in front of the portrait for quite a while, puzzling it out,

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    Annotated bibliography of readings related to Shakespeare's Sisters

    This article is related to the exhibition. For other uses, see Shakespeare's Sisters (disambiguation).

    The following list is not meant to be comprehensive but to provide at least one modern edition and one fairly recent biography for each author, when such is available. In many cases, modern editions of the works contain good biographical introductions. Though there are many excellent works in other languages, this list focuses on books in English for purposes of accessibility.

    Sources related to individual women

    Tullia d'Aragona (ca. 1510-1556)
    Sweet Fire: Tullia D'Aragona's Poetry of Dialogue and Selected Prose, trans. and ed., Elizabeth A. Pallitto (Braziller, 2006)
    Folger Call Number: PQ4562. A9 A2 2006
    Mary Astell (1666-1731)
    Serious Proposal to the Ladies: Parts I and II, ed. Patricia Springborg (Broadview Press, 2002)
    Folger Call Number: HQ1596 .A87 2002
    Perry, Ruth. The Celebrat