Madame de La Fayette's The Princess of Clèves: a new translation

Michael G. Paulson & Tamara Alvarez-Detrell & La Fayette (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne & Madame de)

Language: English

ISBN

Fiction France General Man-woman relationships Married women Nobility Women

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: Dec 15, 1995

Description:

SUMMARY: Adapting The Princess of Cleves to a modern language format, this book offers a new, readable translation of Madame de La Fayette's masterpiece. The work is supplemented by an Introduction and general critical commentary which aid in the proper understanding of the seventeenth-century novel.