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Madame du Deffand (1697 - 1780)

Short name Madame du Deffand
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Birth name Deffand
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Alternative name Madame du Deffant — Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond — Marquise du Deffand — Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamron — Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamroud
Date of birth 1697
Date of death 1780
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Sex Female
Place of birth Ligny-en-Brionnais (Bourgogne)
Place of death Paris
Lived in France , Paris , Ligny-en-Brionnais (Bourgogne)
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Louis Carrogis Carmontelle, portrait of Madame du Deffand, 18th century.
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Education Convent education
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Madame du Deffand was ...
related to Staal de Launay, Marguerite-Jeanne Cordier
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Place(s) of Residence France , Paris , Ligny-en-Brionnais (Bourgogne)
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Correspondance (...) (1809) 1 0
Lettres de la Marquise du Deffand à Horace Walpole (1812) 1 0
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Circulations of Madame du Deffand, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Madame du Deffand, the person

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

Title Author Date Type
*Comment in private letter Varnhagen, Rahel 1800 comments on person
*Article dans Dictionnaire historique [..] Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée Bernier 1804 is biography of
*Edition of Du Deffand's letters Mary Berry 1810 is biography of
Frühling und die Frauen The Spring and the Women Moritz Gottlieb Saphir 1830 -
*Mention in art. in De Gids Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1838 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Beaufort, Willem Hendrik de 1882 -
Madame du Deffand Paul Jacquinet 1886 is biography of
*Mention in Histoire des femmes écrivains de la France Henri Carton 1886 is biography of
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1888 -
Mme du Deffand J. Desplantes , P. Pouthier 1890 is biography of
*Art. in De Gids J.H. Hooijer 1891 comments on person
Pregled glavnih zastopnic francoskega slovstva Overview of the Main Female Representatives of French Literature Debeljak, Anton 1912 -
Louis Carrogis Carmontelle, portrait of Madame du Deffand, 18th century. None is portrait of

Mentioned in: - Briquet 1804 - Jacquinet, Les femmes de France poètes et prosateurs, 1886 - Henri Carton, Histoire des femmes ecrivains de la France, 1886 - Desplantes et Pouthier, 1890 - Mitterand, Littérature XVIIIe 1987 (p. 48, 166, 168, 241, 283, 328). - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992 - Lettres européennes (Dutch version 1994) II, 576. - Debeljak, Pregled, 1912

Ligny-en-Brionnais 25-12-1697 - Paris 23-08-1780.
Married (1718), separated (1719?).
Suddenly blind in 1752 (according to Despl. et P., p.239)

Desplantes et Pouthier mention that, after her divorce, Mme du Deffand became less morally strict and "avait au coeur une maladie qui fit le malheur de sa vie: le mépris d'elle-même et des autres." p.239

NOT MENTIONED IN:
- La Porte 1769

MENTIONED IN: - Offen, European feminisms, 2000