Cottrell, Robert D.
The grammar of silence : a reading of Marguerite de Navarre's poetry / Robert D. Cottrell
First Edition Hardcover Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, 1986
Author: | Cottrell, Robert D. |
Full title: | The grammar of silence : a reading of Marguerite de Navarre's poetry / Robert D. Cottrell |
Publisher: | Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, 1986 |
Edition: | First Edition |
Binding: | Hardcover |
ISBN: | 0813206154 |
EAN: | 9780813206158 |
Book ID: | 404801 |
First Edition. Language: English. ISBN: 0813206154. EAN: 9780813206158.
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.
Physical description: xii, 338 pages ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-329) and index. Contents: Mary and Martha -- Bri�onnet'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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BZDB318 Unbranded ISBN: 0813206154 EAN: 9780813206158 Cottrell, Robert D. The grammar of silence : a reading of Marguerite de Navarre's poetry / Robert D. Cottrell