Letters from a Peruvian woman

Author(s)

• Grafigny, Mme de (Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt)

Bibliographic Information

Letters from a Peruvian woman

Françoise de Graffigny ; translated by David Kornacker ; introduction by Joan DeJean and Nancy K. Miller

（Texts and translations, Translations ; 2）

Modern Language Association of America, c1993

Other Title

Lettres d'une Péruvienne

Uniform Title

Lettres d'une Péruvienne

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. xxv)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

One of the most popular works of the eighteenth century, Lettres d'une Peruvienne appeared in more than 130 editions, reprints, and translations during the hundred years following its publi cation in 1747. In the novel the Inca princess Zilia is kidnapped by Spanish conquerors, captured by the French after a battle at sea, and taken to Europe. Graffigny's brilliant novel offered a bold critique of French society, delivered one of the most vehement feminist protests in eighteenth-century literature, and announced-fourteen years before Rousseau's Julie, or the New Eloise-the Romantic tradition in French literature.

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Details

• NCID: BA23225615
• ISBN:
  • 087352778X
• LCCN: 93037517
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: fre
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xxviii, 174 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PQ1986.L4
  • DC20 : 843/.5
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : France -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Peruvians -- France -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Women -- France -- Fiction
  • FREE : Historical fiction. gsafd
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA12235661