Saincte et precieuse deformite

Experimentations litteraires de la laideur a la Renaissance

by Sofina Dembruk

Book cover: Saincte et precieuse deformite

Extent: 370 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, French Studies, Literary Studies

Series: Etudes et essais sur la Renaissance

Series volume number: 128

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(December 2022)

ISBN: 9782406142195

8.62 x 5.91 inches

Price: $48.00

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Hardback (Published)

(December 2022)

ISBN: 9782406142201

8.62 x 5.91 inches

Price: $96.00

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A stigma of vice since Antiquity, ugliness as a literary theme underwent an important revaluation in the Renaissance. Through the works of three key authors -Marguerite de Navarre, Clement Marot, Joachim Du Bellay-, this study aims to analyse the hermeneutic and poetic value ascribed to this antonym of beauty.

  • By (author) Sofina Dembruk