Biography in early modern France, 1540-1630 : forms and functions
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Biography in early modern France, 1540-1630 : forms and functions
（Research monographs in French studies, 23）
Legenda, 2007
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [103]-111) and index
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Description
This book offers valuable insights into biography's role as a form of social and cultural negotiation geared to advance the biographer's career. It presents case studies of four exemplary biographies and one autobiography of major intellectual figures of France spanning the period 1540-1630.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1. 'Puis que peut faire un courtisan vagabond?' Le Roy's Gulielmi Budaei Vita (1540) 2. Diplomacy and Biography in the Wars of Religion: Charles Paschal's Life of Guy du Faur de Pibrac (1584) 3. The Traffic of Mercury Claude Binet and the Vie de Ronsard (1586) 4. Medicine and Method in Nicolas de Nancel's Petri Rami Vita (1599) 5. Staging Baroque Autobiography: Spectacle in Agrippa d'Aubigne's Sa Vie a ses enfants (1629) 6. Conclusion
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