Far from Home in Early Modern France - Three Women's Stories (Paperback)

An engaging account of women's travels in the early modern period. This book showcases three Frenchwomen who ventured far from home at a time when such traveling was rare. In 1639, Marie de l'Incarnation embarked for New France where she founded the first Ursuline monastery in present-day Canada. In 1750, Madame du Boccage set out at the age of forty on her first "grand tour." She visited England, the Netherlands, and Italy where she experienced firsthand the intellectual liberty offered there to educated women. As the Reign of Terror gripped France, the Marquise de la Tour du Pin fled to America with her husband and their two young children, where they ran a farm from 1794 to 1796. The writings these women left behind detailing their respective journeys abroad represent significant contributions to early modern travel literature. This book makes available to anglophone readers three texts that are rich in both historical and literary terms.

General

Imprint:	Iter Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Marie Guyart De L'inc • Anne-marie Fiquet Du Bocca • Henriette-lucie Dillon De La To • Colette H. Winn • Lauren King
Dimensions:	227 x 152 x 1mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	312
ISBN-13:	978-1-64959-054-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > General Books > Travel > Travel writing > General Promotions
LSN:	1-64959-054-7
Barcode:	9781649590541

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