Pudeur, place, and print: modesty, agency, and collaboration in sixteenth-century French women’s writing

Thesis

This thesis considers responses to modesty in the works of four sixteenth-century French women writers who work with and reclaim modesty in different ways. I focus on Marguerite de Navarre, the Dames des Roches, and Gabrielle de Coignard who span the sixteenth century and operate in different locations: Nérac, Poitiers, and Toulouse. Firstly, I examine how far their works reflect discourses of modesty in circulation, and whether these responses are shaped by the locations, physical and the...

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Authors: Patel, N

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: women's writing; early modern France; print; Marguerite de Navarre; literary collaboration; women and agency; pudeur; collaborative modesty; Dames des Roches; Gabrielle de Coignard; modesty
• Subjects: French; Literature and society; Early modern, 1500-1700