Salons, History, and the Creation of Seventeenth-Century France

Mastering Memory

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book Salons, History, and the Creation of Seventeenth-Century France by Faith E. Beasley, Taylor and Francis
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Author: Faith E. Beasley ISBN: 9781351902205
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: September 29, 2017
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Faith E. Beasley
ISBN: 9781351902205
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: September 29, 2017
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

The first half of the book is a detailed study of how the salons influenced the development of literature. Beasley argues that many women were not only writers, they also served as critics for the literary sphere as a whole. In the second half of the book Beasley examines how historians and literary critics subsequently portrayed the seventeenth century literary realm, which became identified with the great reign of Louis XIV and designated the official canon of French literature. Beasley argues that in a rewriting of this past, the salons were reconfigured in order to advance an alternative view of this premier moment of French culture and of the literary masterpieces that developed out of it. Through her analysis of how the seventeenth century salon has been defined and transmitted to posterity, Beasley illuminates facets of France's collective memory, and the powers that constituted it in the past and that are still working to define it today.

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The first half of the book is a detailed study of how the salons influenced the development of literature. Beasley argues that many women were not only writers, they also served as critics for the literary sphere as a whole. In the second half of the book Beasley examines how historians and literary critics subsequently portrayed the seventeenth century literary realm, which became identified with the great reign of Louis XIV and designated the official canon of French literature. Beasley argues that in a rewriting of this past, the salons were reconfigured in order to advance an alternative view of this premier moment of French culture and of the literary masterpieces that developed out of it. Through her analysis of how the seventeenth century salon has been defined and transmitted to posterity, Beasley illuminates facets of France's collective memory, and the powers that constituted it in the past and that are still working to define it today.

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