Early modern French autobiography

Early modern French autobiography / by Nicolae Alexandru Virastau.

"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...

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Main Author: Virastau, Nicolae Alexandru (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Series:Egodocuments and history series ; v. 12.
Subjects:
Commynes, Philippe de, > approximately 1447-1511. > Mémoires.
Louise, > de Savoie, duchesse d'Angoulême, > 1476-1531. > Journal de Louise de Savoye, duchesse d'Angoulesme, d'Anjou et de Valois, mère du grand roi François premier.
Hurault, Philippe, > comte de Cheverny, > 1528-1599. > Mémoires d'estat, avec une instruction à son fils, ensemble la Genealogie de la maison des Huraults.
Bassompierre, François de, > 1579-1646. > Journal de ma vie.
Mémoires (Commynes, Philippe de)
Autobiography > French authors.
Biography as a literary form.
Autobiography > Authorship.
Biography.
biographies (literary works)
biography (general genre)
Autobiography > French authors
Autobiography > Authorship
Biography as a literary form
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Memoir Tradition
  • 1 The First Readers of Memoirs
  • 2 Testimony and Rhetoric
  • 3 Compilation-Memoirs
  • 4 Collections of Memoirs and Collective Memory
  • 2 Philippe de Commynes (1447-1511) and His Memoirs
  • 1 Models and Competing Genres
  • 2 Courtly Autobiography
  • 3 Commynes as Historian and Political Thinker
  • 4 Commynes's Modernity
  • 3 Louise de Savoie (1476-1531) and Her Diary
  • 1 From Notes to Diary
  • 2 Contents of the Diary
  • 3 François De Moulins and His Role in Making Louise's Diary
  • 4 Jean Thenaud and Christian Astrology at the French Court
  • 5 Failed Predictions and Uncertainties
  • 6 Making Sense
  • 4 Philippe Hurault de Cheverny (1528-1599) and His State Memoirs
  • 1 Cheverny and His Printed Memoirs
  • 2 Cheverny's Personal Papers and Manuscripts
  • 3 Network, Editors, and Possible Motivation
  • 5 François de Bassompierre (1579-1643) and the Diary of His Life
  • 1 The Purpose and Genre of Bassompierre's Diary
  • 2 The Diary
  • 3 Bassompierre's Other Works
  • 4 From Autobiography to Literature
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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