18th century
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epistolary novel
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feminism
France and New World
French representation of Spanish empire
Inca princess
Product details
- ISBN 9780873527781
- Weight: 257g
- Dimensions: 138 x 214mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jan 1993
- Publisher: Modern Language Association of America
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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One of the most popular works of the eighteenth century, Lettres d'une Péruvienne appeared in more than 130 editions, reprints, and translations during the hundred years following its publi cation in 1747. In the novel the Inca princess Zilia is kidnapped by Spanish conquerors, captured by the French after a battle at sea, and taken to Europe. Graffigny's brilliant novel offered a bold critique of French society, delivered one of the most vehement feminist protests in eighteenth-century literature, and announced—fourteen years before Rousseau's Julie, or the New Eloise—the Romantic tradition in French literature.
