First detailed reconstruction of Anne de Graville's library, establishing her as one of the most well-read and erudite poets of the period.

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
A Note on Citations, Translations and Transcriptions
List of Abbreviations

Introduction: 'Une femme d'excellence en vertus, ma dame d'Entraigues': Anne de Graville's Life and Works
Part I: Anne de Graville: Reader and Collector
Chapter 1: J'en garde un leal: Reconstructing Anne de Graville's Library
Chapter 2: 'A vos yeulx, un peu de recreation': Translation, Translatio Studii and Self-Fashioning in Anne de Graville's Chaldean Histories
Chapter 3: The Rouen Connection: The Puy, Poetry and Petrarch
Part II: From Reading to Writing: Anne as Author
Chapter 4: Musas natura, lachrymas fortuna: Anne de Graville, Christine de Pizan and Women's Shaping of the querelle des femmes
Chapter 5: Love, Amazons and Fortune in the Beau roman for Claude of France
Chapter 6: Debating with 'Maistre Allain': Chartier, Blois and Poetic Form in the Rondeaux for Louise of Savoy
Conclusion: 'Celle la qui porte le regnon': A Last Word on Anne de Graville
Appendix A: Books Inherited, Acquired, Commissioned or Associated with Anne de Graville
Appendix B: Inventory of the d'Urfé Library at La Bâtie, c. 1780
Appendix C: Manuscripts Containing Works by Anne de Graville

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