Devotional Poetry in France c.1570–1613 (Paperback)

Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Devotional traditions; 2. The devotional treatise: method and matter; 3. From devotion to poetry; 4. Poetry of sin, sickness and death. 1. The penitential prayer; 5. Poetry of sin, sickness and death. 2. Vanitas vanitatum and memento mori; 6. Poetry of the Incarnation and Redemption. 1. The devotional sonnet - Favre and La Ceppede; 7. Poetry of the Incarnation and Redemption. 2. The sentimental and the romanesque; Conclusion; Appendices 1?4; Bibliography; Chronological summary of primary sources; Index.