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.
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