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Far from Home in Early Modern France – Three Women′s Stories
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This scholarly yet accessible work is well suited for readers interested in early modern history, women’s studies, travel literature, and French culture. It will appeal to those fascinated by historical narratives of female exploration and resilience.
"Travel accounts by three French women who journeyed through Europe, New France, and the new United States in the 17th- and 18th-centuries, their experiences documented in letters and memoir"--
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Far from Home in Early Modern France – Three Women’s Stories offers an engaging account of women’s travels in the early modern period.
This book showcases three Frenchwomen who ventured far from home at a time when such travelling was rare. In 1639, Marie de l’Incarnation embarked for New France, where she founded the first Ursuline monastery in present-day Canada. In 1750, Madame du Boccage set out at the age of forty on her first “grand tour.” She visited England, the Netherlands, and Italy, where she experienced firsthand the intellectual liberty offered there to educated women. As the Reign of Terror gripped France, the Marquise de la Tour du Pin fled to America with her husband and their two young children, where they ran a farm from 1794 to 1796.
The writings these women left behind, detailing their respective journeys abroad, represent significant contributions to early modern travel literature. This book makes available to anglophone readers three texts that are rich in both historical and literary terms.
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ISBN: 9781649590541
Publisher: Iter Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 09 November 2022
Country: United States
Imprint: Iter Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 27.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 227.0mm
Weight: 506g
Pages: 312
About the Author
Marie Guyart de l’Incarnation was an Ursuline nun and missionary. Anne-Marie Fiquet du Boccage was a Frenchwoman who set out for a series of “grand tours” in Europe in 1750 who kept a detailed record of her educational journeys to England, Holland, and Italy. Henriette-Lucie Dillon de la Tour du Pin fled revolutionary France for the United States. Her copious Journal of a Fifty-Year-Old Woman is one of few written testimonies of escape from the Reign of Terror written by a woman author. Colette H. Winn is professor emerita of French at Washington University in St. Louis. Lauren King received her MA in French literature from Washington University in St. Louis in 2017. Elizabeth Hagstrom received her B.A. in French and international and area studies from Washington University in St. Louis.
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