Marie le Jars de Gournay
Standard Name: Gournay, Marie le Jars de
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Bathsua Makin | She was also part of an international network of scholarly women with connections to Elizabeth of Bohemia
, which included Anna Maria van Schurman
, feminist writer Marie le Jars de Gournay
, educator Marie du Moulin |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Julia Kavanagh | In her preface JK
explains her interest in the rise of the novel and argues that novels have become the teachers for good or for evil of many; their power can be exalted or deplored—it... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Anna Maria van Schurman | Having laid out her case, AMS
proceeds to summarise and refute that of her Adversaries. These she classifies as the utilitarian (who value learning purely for its cash or career value) and the envious... |
Timeline
1622
Marie le Jars de Gournay
(niece of Michel de Montaigne
) published what became her best-known work, L'Egalité des hommes et des femmes.