Louise de Bossigny, comtesse d'

Auneuil Auneuil () is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. On 1 January 2017, the former commune of Troussures was merged into Auneuil.salonnière A salon is a gathering of people held by an inspiring host. During the gathering they amuse one another and increase their knowledge through conversation. These gatherings often consciously followed Horace's definition of the aims of poetry, "ei ...

and author of

fairy tales A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre. Such stories typically feature magic, enchantments, and mythical or fanciful beings. In most cult ...

Life

She married the Comte d'Auneuil and established her standing in Paris and at court with a salon that was "open to all the beaux esprits and to all the women who wrote." Her fairy tale collection, ''La Tiranie des fées détruite'' (''The Tyranny of the Fairies Destroyed''), playfully alludes to the pre-existing genre of

popular in her time. Her final work, ''Les Chevaliers errans et le genie familier'' (''The Knights Errant and the Familiar Genie''), is divided into two sections, the first evoking

chivalric romances As a literary genre, the chivalric romance is a type of prose and verse narrative that was popular in the noble courts of High Medieval and Early Modern Europe. They were fantastic stories about marvel-filled adventures, often of a chivalric ...

and the second presenting a brief sequence of tales purportedly translated from Arabic.

Works

* ''La Tiranie des fées détruite'' (1702) * ''L'Origine des cornes, ou l'Inconstance punie'' (1702) * ''La Princesse des Pretintailles'' (1702) * ''L'Origine du lansquenet'' (1703) * ''Les Chevaliers errans et le genie familier'' (1709)

References

External links

Works by Louise de Bossigny Auneuil
at the

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''La Tyrannie des fées détruite''
in ''Le Cabinet des fées'' at

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''Les Chevaliers errans et le genie familier''
at

Partial translations of ''The Knights Errant'' and ''The Tyranny of the Fairies Destroyed''
in a volume of work conflated with Madame d'Aulnoy's at

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