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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974366003321

Autore

Thysell Carol <1950->

Titolo

The pleasure of discernment : Marguerite de Navarre as theologian / / Carol Thysell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2000

ISBN

0-19-774044-8

1-280-96568-1

9786610965687

0-19-535013-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 pages)

Collana

Oxford studies in historical theology

Disciplina

843.3

843/.3

Soggetti

Women and literature - France - History - 16th century

Literary form - History - 16th century

Gender identity in literature

Theology in literature

Allegory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.155-175) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Gender and Genre: MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE AND THE TRADITION OF ALLEGORICAL RHETORIC; 2 The Context of Liberty: MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE, CALVIN, AND THE SPIRITUAL LIBERTINES; 3 Certainty, Ambiguity, and Evil: THE THEOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE; 4 Of Brigands and Bridles: PROVIDENCE IN THE WORK OF CALVIN AND MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE; 5 The Pleasure of Discernment: MORAL DELIBERATION IN THE HEPTAMERON; 6 Discerning the Marguerite: ALLEGORICAL RHETORIC IN THE HEPTAMERON; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In this innovative study, Carol Thysell argues that Marguerite envisioned her poetry, and especially the Heptameron, as alternative vehicles for a constructive theological programme.