ILSLEY, MAJORIE HENRY - A Daughter of the Renaissance. Marie le Jars de Gournay. Her Life and Works.
The Hague. Mouton & Co. 1963. Original publisher's red/brown cloth hardback, gilt lettering spine, dustjacket, 8vo; frontispiece portrait, 318pp. conclusion, appendices, bibliography. Contents: Foreword. 1. Early Years. 2. La Fille d'Alliance. 3. Loss and Gain. 4. Le Proumenoir de Monsieur de Montaigne. 5. The Preface to the 1595 edition of the ' Essais '. 6. Journeys South and North. 7. Struggle for Independence 1598-1608. [1]. 8. Struggle for Independence 1598-1608. [2]. 9. The Tragic Year 1610. 10. Rue de l'Arbre sec. 11. In Defence of Poetry: the critic. 12. The Moralist. 13. The Poetess. 14. The Feminist. 15. The French Academy: origins and foundation. 16. Satires on the French Academy. 17. The Golden Years: Last Publications. 18. Marie de Gournay's Ascending Fortune. Very fine copy - as new.
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