Miracles of Love: French Fairy Tales by Women
Peterson, Nora Martin / Stump, Jordan
An English translation of fairy tales published by women in seventeenth-century France. Explores themes of love, marriage, sexuality, gender relations, and female education and literacy. Includes works by Catherine Bernard, Catherine Durand, Charlotte-Rose Caumont de la Force, Marie-Jeanne L'hâeritier de Villandon, and Henriette-Julie de Castelnau, comtesse de Murat, with brief biographies of the authors"--