Desordres de l'Amour

by Mm E.de Villedieu

This work is an annotated translation of 'Des desordres de l'amour' (1675) by Madame de Villedieu, a contemporary of Madame de Lafayette and whose novel inspired portions of 'La Princesse de Cleves (1678).' The extended introduction to this novel situates Madame de Villedieu in the French classical period and compares her work to that of the great artists of the era. Madame de Villedieu was, with Madame de Lafayette, one of only two women who received a royal pension from Louis XIV. This translation would be a welcome complement to a course on the evolution of women writers in seventeenth-century France.

1 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1675