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- Title
Les Études sur les femmes écrivains du XVI<sup />e siècle français.
- Authors
Beaulieu, Jean-Philippe; Desrosiers-Bonin, Diane
- Abstract
The article discusses the history of the study of French literature of the sixteenth century paying particular attention of the study of women writers of the Renaissance period. According to the authors, this subject of study has received additional attention since the 1980s. According to the article, while women were writing during the Middle Ages, a great expansion in the literary work of women took place during the Renaissance period. The work of scholars in North America and in Europe to create bibliographies of these writings by women authors is discussed. Authors who are discussed include Marguerite de Navarre, Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier, and Hélisenne de Crenne.
- Subjects
FRANCE; LITERATURE; WOMEN authors; SOCIAL history; RENAISSANCE; 15TH &; 16th century literature; LITERARY criticism; FRENCH literature; WOMEN &; literature; MARGUERITE, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549; CRENNE, Helisenne de, ca. 1510-ca. 1560
- Publication
French Studies, 2011, Vol 65, Issue 3, p370
- ISSN
0016-1128
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/fs/knr072