Biography in Early Modern France, 1540-1630

Forms and Functions

• Author(s): Dr. Katherine MacDonald,
• Publisher: MHRA
• Pages: 115
• ISBN_10: 1905981112
  ISBN_13: 9781905981113
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / General , Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General , History / Europe / France , Literary Criticism / General , Literary Criticism / European / French , Literary Criticism / Renaissance ,

Description:...

This book offers valuable insights into biography's role as a form of social and cultural negotiation geared to advance the biographer's career. It presents case studies of four exemplary biographies and one autobiography of major intellectual figures of France spanning the period 1540-1630.