The Invention of Memoirs in Renaissance France
This dissertation investigates the emergence of the memoir genre in France. Commynes, the author generally regarded as the first memoirist, initially conceived his memoirs as a collection of personal notes to be used by Angelo Cato for a more elaborate history of Louis XI’s reign, but gradually came...
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| Language: | English |
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2015
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.7916/D85Q4VFH |