Le Commerce du Parnasse (Paperback)

Francoise Pascal

ISBN 10: 0859896676 / ISBN 13: 9780859896672

Published by University of Exeter, Exter, 2001

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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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Le Commerce du Parnasse (Paperback)
• Publisher: University of Exeter, Exter
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0859896676
• ISBN 13: 9780859896672
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This critical edition of Françoise 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 thirty-seven letters in prose and verse, Le Commerce du Parnasse is part gallant correspondence, part poetry collection, part epistolary novel.  Now in its first modern edition, this fascinating text provides new insights into seventeenth-century salon life and the discourses of galanterie and préciosité.

This is a volume in the series Textes littéraires/Exeter French Texts.  The text, intorudction and essential notes are all in French.

About the Author

Deborah Steinberger is Assistant Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Delaware.