ISBN: 9781649591067 - sprites of kernosy castle: volume 105 (other voice in early modern europe: toronto, 105) (9 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorHenriette-Julie de Castelnau, Countess de Murat (1668-1716) was one of the most prolific French women writers of the late seventeenth century.KlappentextA subversive novel from 171.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A subversive novel from 1710 that questioned political and aesthetic ideologies in eighteenth-century France. This novel reflects a shift in French values at the turn of the eighteenth century, which saw increased interest in the private lives of the aristocracy and the pre-Enlightenment questioning of political and religious orthodoxies. Novels of fiction and leisure gained popularity, and it was during this time that Henriette-Julie de Castelnau, the Countess de Murat, published her second leisure novel, The Sprites of Kernosy Castle. Combining humor, social satire, and a proto-feminist outlook, Murat crafts a well-constructed plot where the supernatural is debunked. Murat's career was cut short when a series of 'misdemeanors' related to the countess's homosexual tendencies led to her arrest in 1702. Sprites, which was released during a partial reprieve from prison, is the final published work of this independent-minded early feminist author. '.…