L’articulation entre le temps privé et le temps de l’Histoire dans les Mémoires de la marquise de La Tour du Pin, Journal d’une femme de cinquante ans (1778-1815)

Public events caused immense personal upheavals during the Revolution : Madame de La Tour du Pin ended up running a farm in America… Is her account to be classified as Memoirs, in terms of genre, or as autobiographical writings closer to the Confessions at a time when literary categories were fluctuating ?, and in terms of gender what is « women’s time » when drawn into History ? Characterised by a feminine and private ethos, the text’s intimate nature is tied both to literary and historical categories.