1st Edition
Biography in Early Modern France, 1540-1630 Forms and Functions
By Katherine MacDonald
Copyright 2007
126 Pages
by
Routledge
126 Pages
by
Routledge
126 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book offers valuable insights into biography's role as a form of social and cultural negotiation geared to advance the biographer's career. It presents case studies of four exemplary biographies and one autobiography of major intellectual figures of France spanning the period 1540–1630.
Introduction 1. ‘Puis que peut faire un courtisan vagabond?’ Le Roy’s Gulielmi Budæi Vita (1540) 2. Diplomacy and Biography in the Wars of Religion: Charles Paschal's Life of Guy du Faur de Pibrac (1584) 3. The Traffic of Mercury Claude Binet and the Vie de Ronsard (1586) 4. Medicine and Method in Nicolas de Nancel's Petri Rami Vita (1599) 5. Staging Baroque Autobiography: Spectacle in Agrippa d’Aubigne’s Sa Vie a ses enfants (1629) 6. Conclusion
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Katherine MacDonald
