From Mother and Daughter: Poems, Dialogues, and Letters of Les Dames Des Roches

by Catherine des Roches and Madeleine des Roches

Book Overview

Among the best-known and most prolific French women writers of the sixteenth century, Madeleine (1520-87) and Catherine (1542-87) des Roches were celebrated not only for their uncommonly strong mother-daughter bond but also for their bold assertion of poetic authority for women in the realm of belles lettres. The Dames des Roches excelled in a variety of genres, including poetry, Latin and Italian translations, correspondence, prose dialogues,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226723380
• ISBN13: 9780226723389
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.0"