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Introduction xi 1 A Way of Life 1 2 Daughters of Eve 9 3 The Blue Room 27 4 Vincent Voiture: The åme du Rond 45 5 La Guirlande de Julie 65 6 Madame de Longueville: A Perfect Transformation 71 7 The Duchesse de Montbazon and the Reformer of La Trappe 89 8 La Marquise de SablÄ: The Salon in the Convent I. Foundresses of Jansenism 97 II. Friendship as a Passion 109 III. In the Shade of Port-Royal 117 IV. The Maxim Game 127 9 La Grande Mademoiselle I. The Heroine of the Fronde 137 II. The Trials of Exile 144 III. The Portrait Game 157 IV. The Discovery of "The Other" 173 10 Madame de SÄvignÄ and Madame de Lafayette: A Lasting Friendship 175 11 Mme de la SabliÅre: Pure Sentiment 209 12 Mme de Maintenon and Ninon de Lenclos: The Importance of Reputation 219 13 L'Esprit de SociÄtÄ I. The Character of the Nation 231 II. The Court as Theater 243 III. The Revenge of Paris 254 IV. The Patriarch of Ferney 257 14 The Marquise de Lambert: The Ideal of the HonnÉte Femme 263 15 Mme de Tencin: The Enlightenment Adventuress 277 16 Emulation 295 17 The Age of Conversation I. The Seductions of the Spoken Word 337 II. The Deceptions of the Spoken Word 351 III. The Power of the Spoken Word 357 Bibliography tk Index of Names tk Illustrations follow page tk tk
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Women intellectuals -- France -- History.
France -- Intellectual life -- 17th century.
France -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
Salons -- France -- History -- 17th century.
Salons -- France -- History -- 18th century.