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This 25 page paper provides an overview of a research study of the literary salon of Madeleine de Scudery and the Influence that it had on the French authorship, including the writing of Marie-Jeanne L'Heritier. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
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Introduction Seventeenth century France was marked by a distinct literary shift that lent itself to the expansion of womens literature and the development of folk authorship. During this
time, authors like Francoise dAubigne Scarron (the Marquise de Maintenon) and Marie-Jeanne LHeritier, as well as the Marquise de Sevigne and the Comtesse de La Fayette, all spent time in
the literary salon of Madeleine de Scudery. The very distinct experiences of the authors who participated in the literary salon of de Scudery can be evaluated through views of
their works, especially when relating the transformation of the works of Marie-Jeanne LHeritier. Women created an established presence within the seventeenth
century literary world; through many insightful accounts of life in French courtly culture, the general public is given the opportunity to delve more deeply into the everyday occurrences that are
not typically availed by standard historical description. Madame De Sevignes Selected Letters, one of the periods most detailed accounts speaks to both the struggles and triumphs women faced in
seventeenth century French courtly culture. "...This life is a perpetual chequer-work of good and evil, pleasure and pain. When in possession of what we desire, we are only
so much the nearer losing it; and when at a distance from it, we live in expectation of enjoying it again" (De Sevigne, 1982). Analyzing the literary insights of
a number of these female authors, including Marie-Jeanne LHeritier, provides a better understanding of what it was like to be a part of societys elite, as well as what occurred
at other levels of the social scale. For example, literature and the arts represented a great part of French courtly culture, and the aristocratic women were privileged through status
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