The pleasure of discernment [[electronic resource] ] : Marguerite de Navarre as theologian / / Carol Thysell

• Autore: Thysell Carol <1950->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Disciplina: 843.3; 843/.3
• Soggetto topico: Women and literature - France - History - 16th century; Literary form - History - 16th century; Gender identity in literature; Theology in literature; Allegory
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• 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 provides an in-depth examination of Marguerite de Navarre's Heptameron. While this collection of tales is traditionally considered to be secular in nature, Thysell argues that Marguerite de Navarre used it as a vehicle for a constructive theological program.
• Titolo autorizzato: The pleasure of discernment
• ISBN: 0-19-774044-8; 1-280-96568-1; 9786610965687; 0-19-535013-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784780303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford studies in historical theology.