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This study of ludic literary society in sixteenth-century France addresses Italianate practices of philosophical and literary sociability as they took root there. It asserts that entertainment activities of women-led circles illustrate the richly complex precursors of the seventeenth-century salons. Notions from the philosophy of play, such as those developed by Johan Huizinga, Eugen Fink, and Roger Caillois, who argue that play is critically intertwined with the development of society, provide a theoretical path across these periods of women’s engagement in literary culture. The barrister Estienne Pasquier, whose voluminous network of literary and legal connections permitted him entry into the society of such women, acts as an eyewitness to sixteenth-century circles. Ultimately, we see that the ludic activities in such society produced powerful influences that extended beyond the confines of the groups in question to shape ideas, attitudes, and activities—such as those of the salon cultural norms to come.

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Author:   Julie Campbell
Publisher:   Amsterdam University Press
Imprint:   Amsterdam University Press
ISBN:  

9789463728652

ISBN 10:   9463728651
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   11 September 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgments Note on the Text List of Illustrations Introduction: Women, Entertainment, and Precursors of the French Salon, 1532-1615 Chapter One: At Play in Italy and France: Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Social Continuities Chapter Two: Marie-Catherine de Pierrevive and the Dames des Roches: Proto-Salon Entertainment in Lyon and Poitiers Chapter Three: Antoinette de Loynes and Madeleine de l’Aubespine: Entertainment among the Parisian Noblesse de robe Chapter Four: Claude-Catherine de Clermont: Amusement and Escapism among the Noblesse d’épée and Royal Milieu Chapter Five: Marguerite de Valois and Proto-Précieuse Taste Chapter Six: L’Histoire de La Chiaramonte: A Divertissement for the Circle of Marguerite de Valois Conclusion: Sixteenth-Century Société Mondaine and the Persistence of Entertainment Practices Appendix: Estienne Pasquier and His Social Network Bibliography Index

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Julie D. Campbell is Professor of English and Coordinator of the Premodern Global Studies Minor at Eastern Illinois University. She is a co-editor of Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal. Her research focuses on transnational contexts for early modern women writers. She is the author of Literary Circles and Gender in Early Modern Europe (Ashgate, 2006) and the editor and translator of Isabella Andreini’s pastoral tragicomedy, La Mirtilla (ACMRS, 2002). With Anne R. Larsen, she has edited and contributed to Early Modern Women and Transnational Communities of Letters (Ashgate, 2009). With Maria Galli Stampino, she has edited and contributed to In Dialogue with the Other Voice in Sixteenth-Century Italy: Literary and Social Contexts for Women’s Writing, The Other Voice Series (ITER Press, 2011). With Pamela Brown and Eric Nicholson, she has edited and translated Isabella Andreini’s Lovers’ Debates for the Stage: A Bilingual Edition, The Other Voice Series (ITER Press, 2022).

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