{"product_id":"9780226305264","title":"Apology for the Woman Writing and Other Works","description":"During her lifetime, the gifted writer Marie le Jars de Gournay (1565-1645) was celebrated as one of the \"seventy most famous women of all time\" in Jean de la Forge's \u003ci\u003eCircle of Learned Women\u003c\/i\u003e (1663). The adopted daughter of Montaigne, as well as his editor, Gournay was a major literary force and a pioneering feminist voice during a tumultuous period in France.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This volume presents translations of four of Gournay's works that address feminist issues. Two of these appear here in English for the first time—\u003ci\u003eThe Promenade of Monsieur de Montaigne\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Apology for the Woman Writing.\u003c\/i\u003e One of the first modern psychological novels, the best-selling \u003ci\u003ePromenade\u003c\/i\u003e was also the first to explore female sexual feeling. With the autobiographical \u003ci\u003eApology,\u003c\/i\u003e Gournay defended every aspect of her life, from her moral conduct to her household management. The book also includes Gournay's last revisions (1641) of her two best-known feminist treatises, \u003ci\u003eThe Equality of Men and Women\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Ladies' Complaint.\u003c\/i\u003e The editors provide a general overview of Gournay's career, as well as individual introductions and extensive annotations for each work.","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120222159088,"sku":"9780226305264","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780226305264_p0.jpg?v=1763673893","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780226305264","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}