LEADER 00000cam a2200601 i 4500 001 on1242022732 003 OCoLC 005 20230929133626.0 006 m o d 007 cr ||||||||||| 008 210105s2021 ne ob 001 0deng 010 2021000335 020 9004459553|qelectronic book 020 9789004459557|q(electronic bk.) 020 |z9789004424418|qhardcover 035 (OCoLC)1242022732 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dOCLCO|dOCLCF|dEBLCP|dYDX|dOCLCO|dN$T |dNRC|dOCL|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ 042 pcc 049 RIDW 050 04 CT34.F8|bV57 2021 082 00 808.06/692|223 090 CT34.F8|bV57 2021 100 1 Virastau, Nicolae Alexandru,|eauthor. 245 10 Early modern French autobiography /|cby Nicolae Alexandru Virastau. 264 1 Leiden ;|aBoston :|bBrill,|c[2021] 300 1 online resource (206 pages). 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 490 1 Egodocuments and history series,|x1873-653X ;|vvolume 12 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Introduction -- 1 The Memoir Tradition -- 1 The First Readers of Memoirs -- 2 Testimony and Rhetoric -- 3 Compilation-Memoirs -- 4 Collections of Memoirs and Collective Memory -- 2 Philippe de Commynes (1447-1511) and His Memoirs -- 1 Models and Competing Genres -- 2 Courtly Autobiography -- 3 Commynes as Historian and Political Thinker -- 4 Commynes's Modernity -- 3 Louise de Savoie (1476-1531) and Her Diary -- 1 From Notes to Diary -- 2 Contents of the Diary -- 3 François De Moulins and His Role in Making Louise's Diary -- 4 Jean Thenaud and Christian Astrology at the French Court -- 5 Failed Predictions and Uncertainties -- 6 Making Sense -- 4 Philippe Hurault de Cheverny (1528-1599) and His State Memoirs -- 1 Cheverny and His Printed Memoirs -- 2 Cheverny's Personal Papers and Manuscripts -- 3 Network, Editors, and Possible Motivation -- 5 François de Bassompierre (1579-1643) and the Diary of His Life -- 1 The Purpose and Genre of Bassompierre's Diary -- 2 The Diary -- 3 Bassompierre's Other Works -- 4 From Autobiography to Literature -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. 520 "This book offers a survey of the constitution of the French memoir tradition, and explores in detail the works of four representative authors: Philippe de Commynes, Louise de Savoie, Philippe de Cheverny, and François de Bassompierre. Works of self-writing were usually printed under the title of "memoirs" and have been often considered a uniform genre. These early forms of self- writing were in fact highly heterogenous works at the crossroads of multiple genres, from the account book to the astrological diary. Their writing, printing, and circulation challenge modern notions of autobiographical genres: their authorship is often questionable and collective, and they tended to be compiled in large collections for political ends, without regard to the authors' intention"--|cProvided by publisher. 588 Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 11, 2021). 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 600 00 Louise,|cde Savoie, duchesse d'Angoulême,|d1476-1531. |tJournal de Louise de Savoye, duchesse d'Angoulesme, d'Anjou et de Valois, mère du grand roi François premier. 600 10 Commynes, Philippe de,|dapproximately 1447-1511. |tMémoires. 600 10 Hurault, Philippe,|ccomte de Cheverny,|d1528-1599. |tMémoires d'estat, avec une instruction à son fils, ensemble la Genealogie de la maison des Huraults. 600 10 Bassompierre, François de,|d1579-1646.|tJournal de ma vie. 630 07 Mémoires (Commynes, Philippe de)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01360228 650 0 Autobiography|xFrench authors. 650 0 Biography as a literary form. 650 0 Autobiography|xAuthorship. 650 7 biographies (literary works)|2aat 650 7 Autobiography|xFrench authors.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst02025961 650 7 Autobiography|xAuthorship.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00822600 650 7 Biography as a literary form.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00832172 776 08 |iPrint version:|aVirastau, Nicolae Alexandru.|tEarly modern French autobiography|dLeiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]|z9789004424418|w(DLC) 2021000334 830 0 Egodocuments and history series ;|vv. 12. 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=2906216|zOnline ebook via EBSCO. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading the EBSCO version of this ebook|uhttp://guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 948 |d20240319|cEBSCO|tEBSCOebooksacademic NEW 9-29-23 3174 |lridw 994 92|bRID