Spiritual sonnets
Coignard, Gabrielle de, -1586.
Spiritual sonnets a bilingual edition / [electronic resource] : Gabrielle de Coignard ; edited and translated by Melanie E. Gregg. - 1st ed. - University of Chicago Press, c2004. - 1 online resource (xxxi, 195 p.) - The other voice in early modern Europe . - Other voice in early modern Europe. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780226139852 (electronic bk.) 0226139859 (electronic bk.) 9780226139838 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226139832 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226139845 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226139840 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Coignard, Gabrielle de, d. 1586. Sonnets spirituels.
Coignard, Gabrielle de, d. 1586.
French poetry--16th century.
Electronic books.
POETRY--Continental European.
Electronic books.
PQ1607.C56 / A7613 2004eb
841/.3
Spiritual sonnets a bilingual edition / [electronic resource] : Gabrielle de Coignard ; edited and translated by Melanie E. Gregg. - 1st ed. - University of Chicago Press, c2004. - 1 online resource (xxxi, 195 p.) - The other voice in early modern Europe . - Other voice in early modern Europe. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780226139852 (electronic bk.) 0226139859 (electronic bk.) 9780226139838 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226139832 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226139845 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226139840 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Coignard, Gabrielle de, d. 1586. Sonnets spirituels.
Coignard, Gabrielle de, d. 1586.
French poetry--16th century.
Electronic books.
POETRY--Continental European.
Electronic books.
PQ1607.C56 / A7613 2004eb
841/.3