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Spiritual Sonnets
Gabrielle De Coignard
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Description for Spiritual Sonnets
Paperback. This volume is the first English translation of 129 of Coignard's highly autobiographical poems, giving a startlingly intimate view into the life and mind of this Renaissance woman. Translator(s): Gregg, Melanie E. Series: The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
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 meditations, and more. Rich with emotion, Coignard's poems reveal ... Read more
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 meditations, and more. Rich with emotion, Coignard's poems reveal ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe
Number of Pages
226
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226139845
SKU
V9780226139845
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