Author : Nicholas Hammond
Publisher : Medieval and Early Modern French Studies
ISBN 13 : 9783034307062
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (7 download)
Book Synopsis Gossip, Sexuality and Scandal in France (1610-1715) by : Nicholas Hammond
Download or read book Gossip, Sexuality and Scandal in France (1610-1715) written by Nicholas Hammond and published by Medieval and Early Modern French Studies. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the first book-length study devoted to gossip in early modern France. Whereas many works that focus on other countries and periods have concentrated on the relationship between gossip and women, none has explored the crucial link between gossip and same-sex desire. Using material that has never been published before and touching on different social spheres, from valets to the immediate circle of Louis XIV, the author reveals a world radically different from the traditional image of France under the reigns of Louis XIII and Louis XIV. An in-depth analysis of the theory and practice of gossip is followed by an examination of songs, poems, memoirs, letters and anecdotes from the time, bringing the milieu of what was known as 'the Italian vice' vividly to life. The book concludes by bringing these insights on gossip to a refreshing new reading of one of the period's groundbreaking novels, Marie-Madeleine de Lafayette's La Princesse de Clèves.