时代的传记和心灵自传——评《塞维尼夫人书信》

A Biography of the Time and an Autobiography of the Soul:A Study on Letters of Madame de Sévigné

塞维尼夫人是欧洲最负盛名的书信作家之一。她的书信集既是时代的传记,也是心灵自传,有着较高的历史文献价值和自传研究价值。《塞维尼夫人书信》(以下简称《书信》)是女性自传史、女性文学史上的重要作品,真实地反映出17世纪欧洲贵族女性的生活和精神面貌。它代表了文艺复兴以来西方书信个人化、情感化的写作潮流,在欧洲的历史、传记、文学和哲学等多个领域产生过深刻的影响。

Madame de Sévignéis one of the most famous letter writers in Europe.Her letters are both a biography of the time and an autobiography of the soul,with irreplaceable value in history and autobiography studies.The Letters of Madame de Sévignéis also significant in the history of female autobiography and female literature for the true-to-life reflection of the life and the spirit of aristocratic women in Europe of the seventeenth century.Madame de Sévigné’s letter writing represents a new trend of the individualized and confidential one in the West since Renaissance,exerting profound influence on history,biography,literature,philosophy and other fields in Europe.