Women’s Stories in Le Mercure Galant (1672-1710)

Deborah Steinberger is Associate Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Delaware. She specializes in French seventeenth-century literature. Her previous publications include critical editions of epistolary and dramatic works by Françoise Pascal, as well as articles on Molière, Donneau de Visé, and Le Mercure Galant.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Galanterieand the Art of Listening Chapter 1: What Women Want Chapter 2: Befriending the Female Reader: Tales of Female Friendship in Le Mercure Galant Chapter 3: Girls with Guns: Women Soldiers’ Stories in Le Mercure Galant Chapter 4: True Crime? Women and Violence in Le Mercure Galant Chapter 5: Obstinate Women and Sleeping Beauties in the Kingdom of Miracles: Conversion Stories in Le Mercure Galant’s Anti-Protestant Propaganda Epilogue: Buying In or Selling Out? Reading Le Mercure Galant Today Bibliography Index