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Letters of a Peruvian woman / Françoise de Graffigny ; translated with an introduction and notes by Jonathan Mallinson

Author
Grafigny, Mme de (Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt), 1695-1758
Uniform Title
Lettres d'une Péruvienne. English
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxxix, 155 pages).
Additional Creators
Mallinson, G. J.
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Acknowledgements; Introduction; Note on the Text and Translation; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Françoise de Graffigny; LETTERS OF A PERUVIAN WOMAN; Appendix 1: Cultural Background; Appendix 2: French Continuations; Appendix 3: English Adaptations; Appendix 4: The Education of Young Women; Explanatory Notes.
Summary
Graffigny's bold and original novel tells the story of Zilia, an Inca Virgin, rescued from the Spanish and brought to France. Separated from her lover and her culture, she recounts her experiences and personal growth. To this fine new translation are appended extracts from Graffigny's chief source and other writers' fictional responses. - ;'It has taken me a long time, my dearest Aza, to fathom the cause of that contempt in which women are held in this country ... '. Zilia, an Inca Virgin of the Sun, is captured by the Spanish conquistadores and brutally separated from her lover, Aza. She is re.
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ISBN
9780191548987 (electronic bk.)
0191548987 (electronic bk.)
9786612057786
6612057785
9780199208173 (pbk.)
0199208174 (pbk.)
1282057782
9781282057784
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxii-xxxv).
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