TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maríñez,Sophie
TI  - Mademoiselle de Montpensier: writing, châteaux, and female self-construction in early modern France 
T2  - Faux titre : etudes de langue et litterature francaises, 0167-9392
SN  - 9789004337299
AV  - DC130.M8 
U1  - 944/.033092 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans,
KW  - Nobility
KW  - France
KW  - Biography
KW  - Authors, French
KW  - Single women
KW  - Feminists
KW  - Women and literature
KW  - History
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Castles
KW  - Castles in literature
KW  - Intellectual life
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Building Subjects: Women and Buildings in Early Modern France -- Building and Writing: Strategies of Self-Construction -- Against or For Marriage? Reconfiguring Freedom and Power -- Building Fictive Worlds -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - Mademoiselle de Montpensier: Writings, Châteaux, and Female Self-Construction in Early Modern France examines questions of self-construction in the works of Anne-Marie-Louise d’Orléans, Duchesse de Montpensier (1627-1693), the wealthiest unmarried woman in Europe at the time, a pro-women advocate, author of memoirs, letters and novels, and the commissioner of four châteaux and other buildings throughout France, including Saint-Fargeau, Champigny-sur-Veude, Eu, and Choisy-le-roi. An NEH-funded project, this study explores the interplay between writing and the symbolic import of châteaux to examine Montpensier’s strategies to establish herself as a woman with autonomy and power in early modern France
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004337299
ER  -