Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
Ebook219 pages4 hours
Spiritual Sonnets: A Bilingual Edition
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
Born into a wealthy family in Toulouse, Gabrielle de Coignard (ca. 1550-86) married a prominent statesman in 1570. Widowed three years later, with two young daughters to raise, Coignard turned to writing devotional verse to help her cope with her practical and spiritual struggles.
Spiritual Sonnets presents the first English translation of 129 of Coignard's highly autobiographical poems, giving us a startlingly intimate view into the life and mind of this Renaissance woman. The sonnets are all written "in the shadow of the Cross" and include elegies, penitential lyrics, Biblical meditations, and more. Rich with emotion, Coignard's poems reveal anguished moments of loneliness and grief as well as ecstatic experiences of mystical union. They also reveal her mastery of sixteenth-century literary conventions and spiritual traditions.
This edition, printed in bilingual format with Melanie E. Gregg's translations facing the French originals, will be welcomed by teachers and students of poetry, French literature, women's studies, and religious and Renaissance studies.
Spiritual Sonnets presents the first English translation of 129 of Coignard's highly autobiographical poems, giving us a startlingly intimate view into the life and mind of this Renaissance woman. The sonnets are all written "in the shadow of the Cross" and include elegies, penitential lyrics, Biblical meditations, and more. Rich with emotion, Coignard's poems reveal anguished moments of loneliness and grief as well as ecstatic experiences of mystical union. They also reveal her mastery of sixteenth-century literary conventions and spiritual traditions.
This edition, printed in bilingual format with Melanie E. Gregg's translations facing the French originals, will be welcomed by teachers and students of poetry, French literature, women's studies, and religious and Renaissance studies.
Related to Spiritual Sonnets
Related ebooks
Sonnets for Michelangelo: A Bilingual Edition A Diabolical Voice: Heresy and the Reception of the Latin "Mirror of Simple Souls" in Late Medieval Europe Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBook for the Hour of Recreation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWoman under Monasticism Chapters on Saint-Lore and Convent Life between A.D. 500 and A.D. 1500 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSo Great a Light, So Great a Smoke: The Beguin Heretics of Languedoc Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsObservations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and Other Volcanos Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAbout Poems and how poems are not about: and how poets are not about Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHeliodora, and Other Poems Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLudwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Odyssey: The Great War and the Writing of the Tractatus-Logico-Philosophicus Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFive Looks at Elizabeth Bishop Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDante's Hidden God Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Art of Illumination Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTemple of Warm Harmony: Poems Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBiographia Literaria Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDante, Mercy, and the Beauty of the Human Person Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMaking Our Connections: A Spirituality of Travel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsQuipu Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Shadow-Line Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Metabolism of Desire: The Poetry of Guido Cavalcanti Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsVittoria Colonna Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy (Illustrated) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOne Silken Thread: Poetry's Presence in Grief Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUnder the Mercy: Charles Williams and the Holy Graal Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Bird Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNo Longer Lonely: A Gay Former Priest Journeys from His Secret to Freedom. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Story of a Round-House and Other Poems Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bard of Liberty: The Political Radicalism of Iolo Morganwg Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe English Poetic Mind: An Essay Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5
European History For You
The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book: The Script Book Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dry: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jane Austen: The Complete Novels Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Oscar Wilde: The Unrepentant Years Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mein Kampf: English Translation of Mein Kamphf - Mein Kampt - Mein Kamphf Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England: 400 – 1066 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Celtic Mythology: A Concise Guide to the Gods, Sagas and Beliefs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Mein Kampf: The Original, Accurate, and Complete English Translation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Law Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Discovery of Pasta: A History in Ten Dishes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Psychedelic Gospels: The Secret History of Hallucinogens in Christianity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Book of English Magic Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Forgotten Slave Trade: The White European Slaves of Islam Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Celtic Charted Designs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rise of the Fourth Reich: The Secret Societies That Threaten to Take Over America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Six Wives of Henry VIII Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related podcast episodes
S8 E12: The Aesthetic Universe with J.F. Martel: Reclaiming Art In The Age of Artifice 0% found this document usefulWhat is a Body Without Organs: The DGQC Roundtable 0% found this document usefulAnne Carson: "O Small Sad Ecstasy of Love" 0% found this document usefulThe Persona - The Mask That Conceals Your True Self 100% found this document useful"We are all latecomers": Martin Puchner's "Culture" (JP, EF): An interview with Martin Puchner 0% found this document useful"We are all latecomers": Martin Puchner's "Culture" (JP, EF): An interview with Martin Puchner 0% found this document useful"We are all latecomers": Martin Puchner's "Culture" (JP, EF): An interview with Martin Puchner 0% found this document useful
Related articles
This Is Not a Defense of Poetry Literary HubArticle
This Is Not a Defense of Poetry
Mar 30, 2017
The following remarks were originally delivered at the the Oslo Poesifestival 2016. A defense of poetry is a contradiction in terms. The honor to speak this evening, which I accept with great humility, though inevitably unnerving, I will use to cont
12 min readSing, Together, as Long as We’re Alive The Paris ReviewArticle
Sing, Together, as Long as We’re Alive
Apr 18, 2017
8 min readAbsence of Inspiration, Absence of God: On Christian Wiman’s ‘He Held Radical Light’ The MillionsArticle
Absence of Inspiration, Absence of God: On Christian Wiman’s ‘He Held Radical Light’
Oct 1, 2018
1. One of the themes that speak most powerfully from Christian Wiman’s writings—poems, essays, memoirs—is that of the absence of inspiration or the absence of God. To begin with the first formulation, Wiman concedes of the texts most close to his hea
8 min readDread Poets Guardian WeeklyArticle
Dread Poets
Jun 4, 2021
‘ All writers go through a Thomas Bernhard phase, sooner or later,” said Geoff Dyer. His authority was offhand but absolute, like the pope telling you where to get the best cannoli. A Thomas Bernhard phase is not hard to spot. First, no paragraphs (o
1 min read“We’ve Made Our Modern Lives So Stressful. But There’s A Therapy For That – Paying Attention To The Past” BBC History MagazineArticle
“We’ve Made Our Modern Lives So Stressful. But There’s A Therapy For That – Paying Attention To The Past”
Oct 1, 2020
9 min read10 College Courses to Read Along With This Semester (From Your Couch) Literary HubArticle
10 College Courses to Read Along With This Semester (From Your Couch)
Sep 6, 2017
7 min read“There Was A General Perception That Queen Victoria’s Mourning Was Neither Normal Nor Acceptable” BBC History MagazineArticle
“There Was A General Perception That Queen Victoria’s Mourning Was Neither Normal Nor Acceptable”
Feb 15, 2024
9 min readWoman letters All About HistoryArticle
Woman letters
Mar 21, 2024
6 min readRestoring Kabbalah to Mainstream Judaism The AtlanticArticle
Restoring Kabbalah to Mainstream Judaism
Aug 25, 2017
6 min readTwelve Ways to Resurrect the Dead, Which Is to Say: To Write Poets & WritersArticle
Twelve Ways to Resurrect the Dead, Which Is to Say: To Write
Dec 14, 2022
1. The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day (Chronicle Books, 2015) translated by Ogden Goelet, Raymond Faulkner, Carol A. R. Andrews, J. Daniel Gunther, James Wasserman. On not dying a second time. Nor losing your heart in the g
5 min readBooks With The Most Impact British Columbia HistoryArticle
Books With The Most Impact
Dec 4, 2021
7 min readFunerary Facts Fortean TimesArticle
Funerary Facts
Sep 9, 2021
An Archæological History of Burial Grounds, Graveyards and Cemeteries Lorraine Evans Pen & Sword 2020 Hb, 216pp, £19.99. ISBN 9781526706676 Human funerary practice is as varied as every other aspect of culture, and the rites practised by one culture
8 min readReviews All About HistoryArticle
Reviews
Jul 15, 2021
6 min readThe Reluctant Spiritual Autobiographer Literary HubArticle
The Reluctant Spiritual Autobiographer
Aug 21, 2017
11 min readAnnouncing the 2018 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant Winners Literary HubArticle
Announcing the 2018 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant Winners
Sep 25, 2018
4 min readThe Best of the University Presses: 100 Books to Escape the News Literary HubArticle
The Best of the University Presses: 100 Books to Escape the News
May 1, 2020
25 min readPractice Shelf-Care With NPR At The National Book Festival NPRArticle
Practice Shelf-Care With NPR At The National Book Festival
Aug 27, 2018
6 min readAnd They All Lived Happily Ever After… Family Tree UKArticle
And They All Lived Happily Ever After…
Apr 14, 2023
15 min readA New Theory of Western Civilization The AtlanticArticle
A New Theory of Western Civilization
Sep 6, 2020
9 min readPage-Turners New Mexico MagazineArticle
Page-Turners
Nov 21, 2023
8 min readBrotherly Contradiction American HistoryArticle
Brotherly Contradiction
Jan 21, 2020
1 min readNepantla and Gloria Anzaldúa’s Queer of Color Legacy The MillionsArticle
Nepantla and Gloria Anzaldúa’s Queer of Color Legacy
Jan 17, 2019
In more recent years, I have began to question this essay by Anzaldúa, both of our usages of the word “Nepantla,” and also her ideas around mestizaje. The post Nepantla and Gloria Anzaldúa’s Queer of Color Legacy appeared first on The Millions.
5 min readWhatever Happened to the Ecstasy of Art? Literary HubArticle
Whatever Happened to the Ecstasy of Art?
Dec 6, 2017
5 min read‘Community At Its Absolute Worst’: Revisiting The Horror Of The Salem Witch Trials The GuardianArticle
‘Community At Its Absolute Worst’: Revisiting The Horror Of The Salem Witch Trials
Oct 5, 2022
“The Salem witch trials are an example of a community at its absolute worst.” This is what Anna Danzinger Halperin, associate director of the Center for Women’s History at the New-York Historical Society, answered when I asked her why she thinks they
4 min readPhantoms Of Plague And Pestilence Fortean TimesArticle
Phantoms Of Plague And Pestilence
Dec 2, 2021
9 min readAllen Ginsberg’s Definition of the Beat Generation Literary HubArticle
Allen Ginsberg’s Definition of the Beat Generation
Apr 20, 2017
4 min readThe Books Briefing: The Literary Transformation of Climate Change The AtlanticArticle
The Books Briefing: The Literary Transformation of Climate Change
Mar 22, 2019
4 min readThe First Feminist Manifesto All About HistoryArticle
The First Feminist Manifesto
Jun 17, 2021
6 min readMichael Wood On… BBC History MagazineArticle
Michael Wood On…
Apr 11, 2024
I MET UP WITH A CHINESE FRIEND THE OTHER day at the British Library. What better place to reflect on human history as told through its literature? From Michelangelo and Leonardo, to the Ma'il Qur'an and the Codex Sinaiticus; from Jane Austen and Geor
2 min readThis Year’s Man Booker International Winner Has a Favorite For Next Year… Literary HubArticle
This Year’s Man Booker International Winner Has a Favorite For Next Year…
May 25, 2018
9 min read
Related categories
Reviews for Spiritual Sonnets
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Spiritual Sonnets - Gabrielle de Coignard
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1