Madeleine de Scudéry

Karen Anne Hamnet Green (University of Melbourne)

Ed. by Tim Unwin, University of Bristol
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.03: French Writing and Culture of the Seventeenth Century: Classical and Baroque, 1600-1700.
Vol. editors: Heather Kirk (University of Western Ontario), Kathrina LaPorta (New York University), Polly Mangerson (DePaul University), Julia Prest (University of St Andrews), Allison Stedman (University of North Carolina, Charlotte), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Dates

Born 15 Nov 1607
Died 2 Jun 1691
Activity 1627-1691

Places

Born in France
Active in France

Genres and Modes

Romance

Activities

Primary

Novelist

Resources

Scudéry's Works

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Madeleine de Scudéry was the author of a series of extremely influential novels, a moralist and theorist of salon sociability, whose works have particular significance for women’s intellectual history.

Although her family originally came from the town of Apt, in the south of France, Madeleine de Scudéry was born in Le Havre. Her father died in 1613, and her mother soon after, leaving her and her brother Georges, who was six years her senior, orphans. She was, as a result, cared for by an uncle, who ensured that she was given a good education, and who gave her the freedom to educate herself in his excellent library. After his death, in 1637, she joined her brother who, having first distinguished himself as a soldier, had established himself as a successful playwright in Paris.

Although…

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Citation: Green, Karen Anne Hamnet. "Madeleine de Scudéry". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 12 August 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=3987, accessed 24 November 2024.]