A companion to Marguerite de Navarre

Author(s)

• Ferguson, Gary
• McKinley, Mary B.

Bibliographic Information

A companion to Marguerite de Navarre

edited by Gary Ferguson & Mary B. McKinley

（Brill's companions to the Christian tradition, v. 42）

Brill, 2013

• : hardback

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-386) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Most widely read today as the author of the "Heptameron," Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549) was known in her lifetime as a deeply religious, mystical poet. Sister of the King of France and wife of the King of Navarre, her deeds and writings expressed and sought to promote a living faith in Christ, based on the gospels, and a vision for the renewal and reform of the Church in line with the teachings of French Evangelicals such as Lefevre d'Etaples, Guillaume Briconnet, and Gerard Roussel. In this volume, eleven eminent scholars offer new appreciations of Marguerite's extraordinary life and rich and diverse literary oeuvre, including, in addition to her short-story collection, dialogues, mirror poems, plays, songs, and an allegorical prison narrative. Contributors include, along with the editors, Philip Ford, Isabelle Garnier, Jean-Marie Le Gall, Reinier Leushuis, Jan Miernowski, Olivier Millet, Isabelle Pantin, Jonathan A. Reid, and Cynthia Skenazi.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors Introduction Gary Ferguson and Mary B. McKinley Marguerite de Navarre and Evangelical Reform Jonathan A. Reid Marguerite de Navarre: the Reasons for Remaining Catholic Jean-Marie Le Gall Neo-Platonic Themes of Ascent in Marguerite de Navarre Philip Ford Opening and Closing Reflections: the Miroir de l'ame pecheresse and the Miroir de Jesus-Christ crucifie Isabelle Garnier with Isabelle Pantin Speaking with the Dead: Spirituality, Mourning, and Memory in the Dialogue en forme de vision nocturne and La Navire Reinier Leushuis Les Prisons' Poetics of Conversion Cynthia Skenazi Chansons Spirituelles--Songs for a "Delightful" Transformation Jan Miernowski Staging the Spiritual: The Biblical and Non-Biblical Plays Olivier Millet The Heptameron: Word, Spirit, World Gary Ferguson and Mary B. McKinley Bibliography Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB2498535X
• ISBN:
  • 9789004221895
• LCCN: 2013931779
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 405 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA79320574