Writing Places: Sixteenth-century City Culture and the Des Roches Salon

Tarte (French, Wake Forest U.) explores the literary scene in Poitier during the 1570s, which pivoted on the salons and publications of mother and daughter poets Madeleine (1520-87) and Catherine (1542-87) Des Roches. Her emphasis is on the connection between particular texts and particular places, but also through those to the connection between texts and places generally. Quotations are in French with English translation. Distributed in the US by Associated University Presses. Annotation 穢2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)