The visionary queen : justice, reform, and the labyrinth in Marguerite de Navarre / Theresa Brock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brock, Theresa, author.

Contributor:

J. P. Wickersham Crawford Collection.

Series:

Early modern feminisms

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549. Heptaméron.

Marguerite.

Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549--Criticism and interpretation.

Labyrinths in literature.

Justice in literature.

Reformation in literature.

Short stories, French--History and criticism.

Short stories, French.

French literature--16th century--History and criticism.

French literature.

Reformation--France.

Reformation.

Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549.

Heptaméron (Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre).

France.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

viii, 227 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Newark : University of Delaware Press, [2024]

Summary:

"The Visionary Queen affirms Marguerite de Navarre's status not only as a political figure, author, or proponent of non-schismatic reform, but also as a visionary. In her life and writings, the queen of Navarre dissected the injustices that her society and its institutions perpetuated against women. We also see evidence that she used her literary texts, especially the Heptaméron, as an exploratory space in which to generate a creative vision for institutional reform. The Heptaméron's approach to reform emerges from statistical analysis of the text's 72 tales, which reveals new insights into trends within the work, including the different categories of wrongdoing by male, institutional representatives from the Church and aristocracy, as well as the varying responses to injustice that characters in the tales employ as they pursue reform. Throughout its chapters, The Visionary Queen foregrounds the trope of the labyrinth, a potent symbol in early modern Europe that encapsulated the fallen world and redemption all at once, themes that Marguerite's project of reform consistently hearken back to"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : Marguerite de Navarre

the visionary queen

The labyrinth as structure and symbol : from experience to writing in the medieval and early modern contexts

From the labyrinth, a vision : competing influences on Marguerite's religious, political, and creative endeavors

"We walk by faith, not by sight" : exegesis, pilgrimage, and labyrinthine connections in the Reformation

Into the labyrinth : mirroring sin, prompting reform

Down tortuous paths : exploring approaches to justice and reform

Above the labyrinth : a higher vision for reforming the self and society

Conclusion : the empirical reader at labyrinth's end

responding to Marguerite's vision.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-216) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the J. P. Wickersham Crawford Collection.

ISBN:

9781644533277

1644533278

9781644533086

1644533081

OCLC:

1380997814

Publisher Number:

99995135642