EARLY MODERN FRENCH WOMEN WRITERS:

SECONDARY STUDIES

1. Poitiers, Diane de, Duchess of Valentinois, 1499-1566
2. Scudéry, Madeleine de, 1607-1701

1. Poitiers, Diane de, Duchess of Valentinois, 1499-1566
   While there has been a substantial amount of historical work done on Diane de Poitiers and her courtly circles, little work has been done on the literary value of her writing. Sandra Sider's essay on Diane, included in Women Writers of the Renaissance and the Reformation, is a good introduction to her life and her writings. The introduction and notes to her letters edited by Georges Guiffrey are also a rich source of historical information. The following bibliography contains primarily historical studies on Diane's life and her influence at the court of Henri II. (MS)
   
   Books
   1. Bardon, François. Diane de Poitiers et le mythe de Diane. Paris: Presses Universitaires Françaises, 1963.
   2. Castelot, Andre. Diane, Henri, Catherine: le triangle royal. Paris: Perrin, 1997.
   3. Cloulas, Ivan. Diane de Poitiers. Paris: Fayard, 1997.
   4. Erlanger, Philippe. Diane de Poitiers. Paris: Gallimard, 1974.
   5. Melchior-Bonnet, Sabine. L'art de vivre au temps de Diane de Poitiers. Paris: NiL Editions, 1998.
   6. Orliac, Jehanne d'. The Moon Mistress: Diane de Poitiers, grant senechelle de Normandy. London: Harrap, 1931.
   7. Strage, Mark. Women of Power: The Life and Times of Catherine de Medici. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976.
   Articles
   1. Ffolliott, Sheila. "Casting a Rival into the Shade: Catherine de Medici and Diane de Poitiers." Art Journal 48 (1989): 138-43.
   2. MacRae, Margaret J. "Diane de Poitiers and Mme de Clèves: A Study of Women's Roles, the Victim and the Conqueror." Papers on French Seventeenth Century Literature 12.23 (1985): 559-573.
   
   
   
   
2. Scudéry, Madeleine de, 1607-1701
   Works related to Madeleine de Scudéry's Correspondance Choisie. (MM)
   
   Books
   1. Mongredien, George. Madeleine de Scudéry et son salon, d'après des documents inédits. Paris: Tallandier, 1946.
   2. Niderst, Alain. Madeleine de Scudéry, Paul Pellisson, et leur monde. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1976.
   3. Scudéry, Madeleine de. Lettres inédites de Madeleine de Scudéry à Pierre-Daniel Huet. Paris: H. Leclerc, 1902.
   Articles
   1. DeJean, Joan. "La Lettre amoureuse revue et corrigée: un texte oublié de Madeleine de Scudéry." Revue d'Histoire Littéraire de la France 88.1 (1988): 17-22.
   2. Krajewska, Barbara. "Autour de l'affaire Fouquet: son impact dans le samedi, sa trace dans les lettres." Australian Journal of French Studies 28.3 (1991): 223-234.
   3. ---. "Du nouveau sur la correspondance de Mlle de Scudéry." Essays in French Literature 25 (1988):9-15.
   4. Wolfe, Philippe. "Les Lettres inédites de Charles Genest à Mlle de Scudéry. Revue d'Histoire Littéraire de la France 78 (1978): 1006-1021.
   
   
   

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