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Scudéry, Madeleine de (1607 - 1701)

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Short name Scudéry, Madeleine de
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First name Madeleine
Birth name Scudéry
Married name
Alternative name Sapho — La Muse du Marais — Magdeleine de Scudéri
Date of birth 1607
Date of death 1701
Flourishing -
Sex Female
Place of birth Le Havre
Place of death Paris
Lived in Le Havre , Paris
Place of residence notes
Portrait of Mme de Scudery, 1650.
Mother
Father
Children
Religion / ideology
Education
Aristocratic title -
Professional or ecclesiastical title -
Scudéry, Madeleine de was ...
related to Pierre-Daniel Huet
friend Marie Dupré
friend and mentee of Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier de Villandon
correspondent Descartes, Catherine
sibling Scudéry, Georges de
professional colleague Deshoulières, Antoinette
professional colleague La Fayette, Marie-Madeleine de
related to Rambouillet, Catherine de
Profession(s)
Memberships Accademia dei Ricovrati (Padua)
Place(s) of Residence Le Havre , Paris
Circulations of Scudéry, Madeleine de, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
Title Date Type

Receptions of Scudéry, Madeleine de, the person

For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.

Title Author Date Type
Portrait of Mme de Scudery, 1650. 1650 is portrait of
*Passage in her Memoires Dunoyer, Anne-Marguerite 1710 -
*Art. in Hist. litt. des femmes françaises La Porte, Joseph de 1769 comments on person
ZZ*Comment on Madeleine de Scudéry Deken, Agatha , Wolff, Elisabeth 1780 -
*Passage dans le tableau de Paris Louis-Sébastien Mercier 1781 -
Traité de l'origine des romans , par Huet,... suivi d'observations et de jugemens sur les romans français, avec l'indication des meilleurs romans qui ont paru surtout pendant le XVIIIe siècle jusqu'à ce jour Pierre-Daniel Huet 1798 comments on person
Das Fraulein von Scuderi Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann 1820 is biography of
Holland's Roem Hendrik Collot d'Escury 1824 comments on person
De l'Influence des femmes Mongellaz, Fanny 1828 is biography of
*Art. in Bijdragen tot boeken -en menschenkennis Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1834 -
*Mention in art. in de Gids Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1837 -
Franske Forfatterinder. Mademoiselle de Scudéry French autheresses. Mademoiselle de Scudéry Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1862 is biography of
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Alberdingk Thijm, Joseph Albert 1871 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1872 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Naber, Samuel Adrianus 1879 -
*Art. in Les Femmes de France, poètes et prosateurs Paul Jacquinet 1886 comments on person
*Mention in Histoire des femmes écrivains de la France Henri Carton 1886 is biography of
Mademoiselle de Scudéry Paul Jacquinet 1886 is biography of
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1888 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Jan ten Brink 1888 -
Gesch. der Nederlandsche Letterkunde Jonckbloet, W.J.A. 1889 -
Mlle de Scudéry J. Desplantes , P. Pouthier 1890 is biography of
*Mention in "Iets over Engelsche sensatie-romans" (in Nederland) About English sensation novels Radcliffe, Ann , Scudéry, Madeleine de , Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1891 references person
*Mention in Gesch. der Nederlandsche Letterkunde Jonckbloet, W.J.A. 1891 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Hamel, Anton Gerardus van 1893 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Hamel, Anton Gerardus van 1894 -
*Mention in article: Znatnije književnice u stranih naroda/Important Foreign Women Writers Popović, Anđelija 1896 -
*Mention in Geschiedenis van het drama [...] in Nederland J.A. Worp 1903 -
Femeia in literatura [La femme en littérature] Scriban, Eugenia 1907 is biography of
Pregled glavnih zastopnic francoskega slovstva Overview of the Main Female Representatives of French Literature Debeljak, Anton 1912 comments on person
Iz poetike From the Poetics Pregelj, Ivan 1918 -
Vrouwenspiegel: een literair-sociologische studie over de Nederlandse romanschrijfster na 1880 Romein Verschoor, Annie 1936 comments on person

Mentioned in:
- La Porte 1769 I, 142-286
- Alletz
- Sauvigny
- Du Pin
- Guillaume
- La Croix
- La Forge
- Keralio
- Boudier de Villemert 1778
- Briquet 1804
- Sainte-Beuve, Causeries du Lundi, IV, 138 et 140 (José-Luis Diaz, "Sainte-Beuve chez les Muses", in Romantisme no 77, 1992, p.79 n.11)
- Jacquinet, Les femmes de France poètes et prosateurs, 1886
- Henri Carton, Histoire des femmes ecrivains de la France, 1886
- Desplantes et Pouthier, 1890
- Larnac, Histoire de la littérature féminine en France, 1921
- Moulin, La poésie féminine, 1966, p.172
- Mitterand, Littérature XVIIe 1987 p. 56, 61-63, 89-93 (50, 51, 59, 80, 273)
- Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992.
- Lettres européennes (Dutch version 1994) II, 468-70, 481.
- Debeljak, Pregled, 1912
Cf.
- DeJean, Tender Geographies, 1991.
- Anne E. Duggan, Salonnières, Furies, and Fairies: The Politics of Gender and Cultural Change in Absolutist France. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 2005.

Often described as ugly.

She often used her older brother's name, George, to publish her works.

Orphaned at young age.

"was given a chance to learn" (Boursier, "Feminine voice");
marked by the Préciosité

Deaf later in life.