Description |
1 online resource (xxxi, 195 pages) |
Series |
The other voice in early modern Europe |
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Other voice in early modern Europe.
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Contents |
Acknowledgments; Series Editors' Introduction; Volume Editor's Introduction; Volume Editor's Bibliography; Coignard's Spiritual Sonnets, with English translations on facing pages; Notes; Series Editors' Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
Born into a wealthy family in Toulouse, Gabrielle de Coignard (ca. 1550-86) married a prominent statesman in 1570. Widowed three years later, with two young daughters to raise, Coignard turned to writing devotional verse to help her cope with her practical and spiritual struggles. Spiritual Sonnets presents the first English translation of 129 of Coignard's highly autobiographical poems, giving us a startlingly intimate view into the life and mind of this Renaissance woman. The sonnets are all written "in the shadow of the Cross" and include elegies, penitential lyrics, Biblical medi |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Coignard, Gabrielle de, -1586. Sonnets spirituels
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French poetry -- 16th century.
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POETRY -- Continental European.
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French poetry
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Gregg, Melanie E.
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LC no. |
2003012759 |
ISBN |
9780226139852 |
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0226139859 |
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9780226139838 |
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0226139832 |
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9780226139845 |
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0226139840 |
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