{"product_id":"the-story-of-sapho-madeleine-de-scudery-9780226143996","title":"The Story of Sapho","description":"Ridiculed for her Saturday salon, her long romance novels, and her protofeminist ideas, Madeleine de Scud駻y (1607-1701) has not been treated kindly by the literary establishment. Yet her multivolume novels were popular bestsellers in her time, translated almost immediately into English, German, Italian, Spanish, and even Arabic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Sapho\u003c\/i\u003e makes available for the first time in modern English a self-contained section from Scud駻y's novel \u003ci\u003eArtam鈩e ou le Grand Cyrus\u003c\/i\u003e, best known today as the favored reading material of the would-be \u003ci\u003esalonni鑽es\u003c\/i\u003e that Moli鑽e satirized in \u003ci\u003eLes pr馗ieuses ridicules\u003c\/i\u003e. The \u003ci\u003eStory\u003c\/i\u003e tells of Sapho, a woman writer modeled on the Greek Sappho, who deems marriage slavery. Interspersed in the love story of Sapho and Phaon are a series of conversations like those that took place in Scud駻y's own salon in which Sapho and her circle discuss the nature of love, the education of women, writing, and right conduct. This edition also includes a translation of an oration, or \u003ci\u003eharangue\u003c\/i\u003e, of Scud駻y's in which Sapho extols the talents and abilities of women in order to persuade them to write. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Madeleine De Scudery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226143996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226143996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.12w x 0.43d","brand":"Madeleine De Scudery","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056652742911,"sku":"9780226143996","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_79d39c7a-dddb-4a8b-ac1d-921d96f0a0e3.jpg?v=1685042514","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-story-of-sapho-madeleine-de-scudery-9780226143996","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}