Le Commerce du Parnasse (Paperback)

Paperback. This critical edition of Francoise Pascal's epistolary collection "Le Commerce du Parnasse" (Paris, 1669) highlights a rare, innovative and entertaining work by a woman writer virtually unknown today, but in her time a distinguished playwright, poet and painter. Composed of letters in prose and verse, this is part gallant correspondence, part poetry collection, part epistolary novel. It provides insights into 17th-century salon life and the discourses of "galanterie" and "preciosite". The text, introduction and essential notes are all in French. This edition of Francoise Pascals collection epistolary highlights a rare, innovative and entertaining work by a woman writer unknown today, but in her time a distinguished playwright, poet and painter. Now in its first modern edition, this text provides new insights into seventeenth-century life and the discourses of galanterie and preciosite. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…