Gabrielle de Coignard, Œuvres chrestiennes [Christian Works]

Eileen Jakeway (University of Oxford)

Ed. by Kathrina LaPorta, New York University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.03: French Writing and Culture of the Seventeenth Century: Classical and Baroque, 1600-1700.
Vol. editors: Heather Kirk (University of Western Ontario), Kathrina LaPorta (New York University), Polly Mangerson (DePaul University), Julia Prest (University of St Andrews), Allison Stedman (University of North Carolina, Charlotte), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Dates

First circulation or publication c. 1573 - c. 1594

Places

France (Country of Origin; Publication/ performance)

Genres and Modes

Poetry (any)
Religion and Spirituality (any)
- Religious writing

Resources

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Gabrielle de Coignard’s collected works of poetry, the

Œuvres chrestiennes

(1594), provide unique insight into the private life and spiritual journey of a French aristocratic woman writing in Toulouse during the late sixteenth-century religious wars. The collection is divided into two parts: the first half, entitled

Sonnets spirituels,

contains 129 sonnets dealing largely with religious themes, and the second consists of 21 longer poems, collectively called the

Vers chretiens

, featuring devotional genres, as well as an epic poem called the “Imitation de la victoire de Judich”. Likely composed by Coignard after the loss of her husband in 1573 at the age of 23, the composition and publication of the collection can be studied to reveal changing attitudes towards women’s places in…

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Citation: Jakeway, Eileen. "Œuvres chrestiennes". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 August 2017 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35715, accessed 26 April 2024.]

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