Women, Entertainment, and Precursors of the French Salon, 1532-1615

Author:   Julie Campbell
Publisher:   Amsterdam University Press
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Pages:   284
Publication Date:   11 September 2023
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Author:   Julie Campbell
Publisher:   Amsterdam University Press
Imprint:   Amsterdam University Press
ISBN:  

9789463728652


ISBN 10:   9463728651
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   11 September 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Acknowledgments Note on the Text List of Illustrations Introduction: Women, Entertainment, and Precursors of the French Salon, 1532-1615 Chapter One: At Play in Italy and France: Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Social Continuities Chapter Two: Marie-Catherine de Pierrevive and the Dames des Roches: Proto-Salon Entertainment in Lyon and Poitiers Chapter Three: Antoinette de Loynes and Madeleine de l’Aubespine: Entertainment among the Parisian Noblesse de robe Chapter Four: Claude-Catherine de Clermont: Amusement and Escapism among the Noblesse d’épée and Royal Milieu Chapter Five: Marguerite de Valois and Proto-Précieuse Taste Chapter Six: L’Histoire de La Chiaramonte: A Divertissement for the Circle of Marguerite de Valois Conclusion: Sixteenth-Century Société Mondaine and the Persistence of Entertainment Practices Appendix: Estienne Pasquier and His Social Network Bibliography Index

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Julie D. Campbell is Professor of English and Coordinator of the Premodern Global Studies Minor at Eastern Illinois University. She is a co-editor of Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal. Her research focuses on transnational contexts for early modern women writers. She is the author of Literary Circles and Gender in Early Modern Europe (Ashgate, 2006) and the editor and translator of Isabella Andreini’s pastoral tragicomedy, La Mirtilla (ACMRS, 2002). With Anne R. Larsen, she has edited and contributed to Early Modern Women and Transnational Communities of Letters (Ashgate, 2009). With Maria Galli Stampino, she has edited and contributed to In Dialogue with the Other Voice in Sixteenth-Century Italy: Literary and Social Contexts for Women’s Writing, The Other Voice Series (ITER Press, 2011). With Pamela Brown and Eric Nicholson, she has edited and translated Isabella Andreini’s Lovers’ Debates for the Stage: A Bilingual Edition, The Other Voice Series (ITER Press, 2022).

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