“Call me ma’am!” » The true story of Madame de Sévigné, Precious letter writer of the Grand Siècle (EP. 3/5)

2024-02-14T15:19:20.982Z

Highlights: “Call me ma’am!” » The true story of Madame de Sévigné, Precious letter writer of the Grand Siècle (EP. 3/5). From Monday to Friday, unique “Madames” invite themselves into Historically Vôtre. To talk about it, Stéphane Bern receives Geneviève Haroche-Bouzinac, professor emeritus of French literature at the University of Orléans.

Special week “Call me Madam!” From Monday to Friday, unique “Madames” invite themselves to Historically Vôtre. For the third episode, Stéphane Bern tells the story of a refined marquise, a Précieuse, who rubbed shoulders with the greats of her time, wrote about them, notably to her daughter, and became the model of French writing. Or the true story of Madame de Sévigné, Precious letter writer of the Grand Siècle... What sources on the Grand Siècle do Madame de Sévigné's letters constitute? Who were his precious letters addressed to? Did her letters serve as a model for subsequent generations of letter writers? To talk about it, Stéphane Bern receives Geneviève Haroche-Bouzinac, professor emeritus of French literature at the University of Orléans and author of “Madame de Sévigné, Une femme et son monde au Grand Siècle” (Ed. Flammarion, Grandes Biographies collection) , 2024 Point Biography Prize.