Far from Home in Early Modern France – Three Women′s Stories

AvMarie Guyart De L′inc,Anne–marie Fiquet Du Bocca

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

An engaging account of women’s travels in the early modern period. This book showcases three Frenchwomen who ventured far from home at a time when such traveling was rare. In 1639, Marie de l’Incarnation embarked for New France where she founded the first Ursuline monastery in present-day Canada. In 1750, Madame du Boccage set out at the age of forty on her first “grand tour.” She visited England, the Netherlands, and Italy where she experienced firsthand the intellectual liberty offered there to educated women. As the Reign of Terror gripped France, the Marquise de la Tour du Pin fled to America with her husband and their two young children, where they ran a farm from 1794 to 1796. The writings these women left behind detailing their respective journeys abroad represent significant contributions to early modern travel literature. This book makes available to anglophone readers three texts that are rich in both historical and literary terms.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-11-09
Mått:152 x 227 x 27 mm
Vikt:506 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:312
Förlag:Iter Press
ISBN:9781649590541

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Antologier inom Skönlitteratur
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
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Mer om författaren

Marie Guyart de l’Incarnation was an Ursuline nun and missionary. Anne-Marie Fiquet du Boccage was a Frenchwoman who set out for a series of “grand tours” in Europe in 1750 who kept a detailed record of her educational journeys to England, Holland, and Italy. Henriette-Lucie Dillon de la Tour du Pin fled revolutionary France for the United States. Her copious Journal of a Fifty-Year-Old Woman is one of few written testimonies of escape from the Reign of Terror written by a woman author. Colette H. Winn is professor emerita of French at Washington University in St. Louis. Lauren King received her MA in French literature from Washington University in St. Louis in 2017. Elizabeth Hagstrom received her B.A. in French and international and area studies from Washington University in St. Louis.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments Introduction The Other Voice Marie Guyart de l’Incarnation (1599–1672) Anne Marie Fiquet Du Boccage (1710–1802) Henriette-Lucie Dillon, Marquise de La Tour du Pin (1770–1853) Experiencing Otherness It will be there that I find bliss . . . Let us step outside our homeland, there will be a new being . . . The happiest moment of my existence . . . The Journey Narrative: Forms and Content The Missionary Letter The Familiar Letter The Autobiographical Memoir: A Hybrid Form Travel Writing and Gender as a Field of Investigation and a Source for Teaching Note on the Translations Travel NarrativesMarie de l’Incarnation, Correspondence Madame Du Boccage, Letters on England, Holland, and Italy Madame de La Tour du Pin, Journal of a Fifty-Year-Old Woman Appendix 1: Cécile de Sainte-Croix, The Story of Her Crossing and Arrival in Quebec (September 2, 1639) Appendix 2: Glossary of Places Appendix 3: Table of Currencies and Values Appendix 4: Chronology Bibliography Index of Names Thematic Index