Most widely read today as the author of the 'Heptaméron', 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 Lefèvre d’Étaples, Guillaume Briçonnet, and Gérard Roussel. In this volume, eleven eminent scholars offer new appreciations of Marguerite’s extraordinary life and rich and diverse literary œuvre, including, in addition to her short-story collection, dialogues, mirror poems, plays, songs, and an allegorical prison narrative.
Author(s): Gary Ferguson, Mary B. McKinley (eds.)
Series: Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition, 42
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 416
City: Leiden
Notes on Contributors vii
Introduction / Gary Ferguson and Mary B. McKinley 1
Marguerite de Navarre and Evangelical Reform / Jonathan A. Reid 29
Marguerite de Navarre: The Reasons for Remaining Catholic / Jean-Marie Le Gall 59
Neo-Platonic Themes of Ascent in Marguerite de Navarre / Philip Ford 89
Opening and Closing Reflections: The 'Miroir de l’âme pécheresse' and the 'Miroir de Jésus-Christ crucifié' / Isabelle Garnier with Isabelle Pantin 109
Speaking with the Dead: Spirituality, Mourning, and Memory in the 'Dialogue en forme de vision nocturne' and 'La Navire' / Reinier Leushuis 161
'Les Prisons’' Poetics of Conversion / Cynthia Skenazi 211
'Chansons Spirituelles' — Songs for a 'Delightful Transformation' / Jan Miernowski 237
Staging the Spiritual: The Biblical and Non-Biblical Plays / Olivier Millet 281
The 'Heptaméron': Word, Spirit, World / Gary Ferguson and Mary B. McKinley 323
Bibliography 373
Index 387
