Scudéry

American  

[sky-day-ree] / skü deɪˈri /

noun

1. Magdeleine de 1607–1701, French novelist.

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Scudéry

Philippe Sellier, a literature professor at Paris IV university, added that Madame de La Fayette, along with the aristocratic writers Madame de Sévigné and Mademoiselle de Scudéry, formed what he called a “feminine avant-garde”.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2017

Even Mme. de Scudéry, one of the most gifted and prolific writers of the period, gave her first novel to the world under her brother's name.

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by John Augustine Zahm

In a journey which Mademoiselle Scudéry, the Sappho of the French, made along with her no less celebrated brother, a curious incident befell them at an inn at a great distance from Paris.

From Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches by Anonymous

The typical poets of this class are Georges de Scudéry, the author of Alaric, and Chapelain, the author of the Pucelle.

From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury

In tragedy, shortly after the Restoration, the heroic romances of Calprenède, Scudéry, and others, and the French plays which they had fostered, were the sources and models of much in the English heroic plays.

From Tragedy by Ashley H. Thorndike

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