What is "Personal" about Sixteenth-century French Women's Personal Writings?
Abstract
Sixteenth-century French women's letters, memoirs and journals have been studied by political and social historians. Parts of these documents are also of interest for the study of women's writing. Since the texts have been produced, preserved and transmitted because their writers deal with public activities, definitions which separate the personal from the political, the private from the public cannot be usefully applied to them. Intimate domestic matters such as childcare, a friendship, or a wedding night, have political implications; the women write with personal passion about their political activities, and sometimes analyse their responses to significant experiences.Metrics
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