Interest in early modern women writers is on the rise. However, familiarity with their works varies greatly from one country to another, and resources to assess their historical significance remain insufficient. Yet empirical evidence suggests that women writers who are no longer well-known today played surprisingly varied roles in the literary field of early modern Europe. The papers collected in this volume address early modern female authorship from the late Middle Ages to the end of the eighteenth century, ranging geographically from Portugal to Russia, and from Italy to Denmark. In...

Suisse romande depuis son mariage, mais ayant passe la premiere moitie de sa vie aux Pays-Bas ou le francais etait devenu tres tot sa langue " naturelle ", Belle de Zuylen / Isabelle de Charriere joue quelque peu les trublions dans nos habitudes academiques. Lire son /uvre - ses lettres, ses romans, ses pamphlets et ses pieces de theatre - c'est accepter des retouches a notre tableau des Lumieres qui n'en ressortira pas indemne; c'est revoir les limites du champ de la critique litteraire, structure et hierarchise depuis le XIXe siecle en fonction de litteratures " nationales ". Bilingue...