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Spiritual sonnets : a bilingual edition /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
©2004.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Other voice in early modern Europe.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxi, 195 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226139852 0226139859 9780226139838 0226139832 9780226139845 0226139840 |