Cahiers Isabelle de Charriere / Belle de Zuylen Papers - Dijk, Suzanna van (Genootschap Belle van Zuylen, 2011)
Belle van Zuylen or Belle de Zuylen (full name Isabella Agneta Elisabeth van Tuyll van Serooskerken; from her marriage also Isabelle de Charrière (1740-1805) was a French-speaking writer and composer. She wrote novels, (self-)portraits, fables, poetry, novellas, pamphlets, plays, operas (libretti and music) and also composed songs, minuets and keyboard sonatas. She wrote thousands of letters, of which more than 2600 have been preserved. She took a keen interest in the society and politics of her age, and her work around the time of the French Revolution is regarded as being of particular interest. Her novels are characterised by great psychological depth and describe the difficulties modern, emancipated women like Van Zuylen faced in a conservative world ruled by men.
The Cahiers Isabelle de Charrière / Belle de Zuylen Papers are the sequel to the "Lettre de Zuylen et du Pontet". The successor to the Cahiers is "Lettre de Zuylen" (since 2017).
Contributions by Francine van der Heijden, Irène Minder-Jeanneret, Helen Metzelaar, Claudia Gaggetta Dalaimo, Paul van den Boogaard, Suzan van Dijk, Kees van Strien, Pim van Oostrum, Jürgen Siess, Monique Moser-Verrey, Madeleine van Strien-Chardonneau & Ineke Janse
Isabelle de Charrière et ses divers violons d'Ingres - Belle de Zuylen, music and art
Keywords: Zuylen, Belle van -- 1740-1805; History; Correspondence; Composer; Writer