The grammar of silence : a reading of Marguerite de Navarre's poetry / Robert D. Cottrell
1986, First Edition. Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Spine sun-toned. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #404801
ISBN: 0813206154
Physical description: xii, 338 pages ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-329) and index. Contents: Mary and Martha -- Briçonnet's response. The Augustinian slant ; The mechanics of signification -- Catechistic discourse. A nocturnal vision ; Yourself you must dissolve -- Spiritual exercises. "I Am the Way" ; "Quicken Thine Heart by Prayer" -- A matter of optics. "By Thy Light Shall We See Light" ; "Ecce Homo" -- The apocalyptic vision. The law of pleasure ; The flowering heart ; The problematics of finality.
The rhetoric of tears. Falling cadence ; Closed systems -- The emblematic mode. The ritual of confession ; Graphic encodement -- "I Was in Prison and You Came to See Me". The metaphorics of imprisonment. The tower of love ; In things confined ; Bound by books ; "I Am Who I Am." Subjects: Marguerite Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre 1492-1549 Poetic works; Marguerite Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre 1492-1549; Women and literature France History 16th century; Christian poetry, French History and criticism; Christian poetry, French; Criticism and interpretation; Women and literature.
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