Notes on Madeleine: Les Précieuses
Posted in Madeleine: One of Love's Jansenists, Mirrlees' Work, Scholarship on Jan 9th, 2010
Madeleine begins with a quotation in French: Aux faiseurs ou faiseuses de Romans, l’histoire de ma vie et celle de ma mort. Le Testament de Clyante. “Le Testament de Clyante,” or “The Will of Clyante” is a piece in a 17th-century collection of poetry and prose called Recueil des pièces en prose, published by Charles [...]