It is surely not by chance that half of the women in Father Le Moyne’s La Gallerie des femmes fortes (1647) are infidels and that seven of them took their own lives or attempted to do so. This article shows that the author sought to take part in the controversy on the virtues of the pagans that pitted Jansenists, Jesuits, and libertines against each other in the 1640s. It also explores the strategies implemented by the Jesuit to “excuse” the voluntary death of his heroines.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-14377-2
EAN:9782406143772
ISSN: 2494-5102
DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-14377-2.p.0035
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 12-14-2022
Periodicity: Annual
Language: French
Keyword: female heroism, suicide, polemic, pagan and Christian virtues, Jansenists, Jesuits, libertines.