Facets of a Princess: Multiple Readings of Madame de la Fayette's «La Princesse de Clèves»

By Michael G. Paulson

Facets of a Princess is a novel approach to Madame de La Fayette's La Princesse de Cl ves. Unlike previous critical studies, Facets does not limit its focus to a single critical approach, but instead examines the novel from political, historical, extreme feminist, and religious perspectives. This multifaceted scope provides the reader with a new understanding and appreciation of the seventeenth-century work and should encourage further scholarly investigation into the life and works of Madame de La Fayette.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820437808
• ISBN13: 9780820437804
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 133 Pages