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Illustration on title page, "Marguerite de Valois" ( Marguerite de Navarre),
reprinted, by permission, Phot. Bibl. Nat. Paris.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Cholakian, Patricia Francis.

Rape and writing in the Heptaméron of Marguerite de Navarre/
Patricia Francis Cholakian.

p. cm. -- (Ad feminam)
Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre,
1492-1549. Heptaméron. 2. Women and literature -- France --
History -- 16th century. 3. Rape in literature. I. Title.

II. Series.
PQ1631.H4C49 1991
843′ .3 -- dc20 90-19799 ISBN 0- 8093-1708-7 CIP

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American National Standard for Information Sciences -- Permanence of Paper for
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