A Companion to Marguerite de Navarre

Eleven scholars offer new appreciations of Marguerite de Navarre s rich and varied uvre: her mystical poetry, plays, and short-story collection, and her efforts to promote a living faith and a renewal of the Church based on Evangelical principles.

Review:

This collection [...] is so complete, so well grounded in the historical and critical materials crucial to understanding Marguerite's works and her beliefs, so beautifully written that it should be in the library of every serious academic institution. Kathleen Long, Cornell University. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 67, No. 2 (Summer 2014), pp. 689-690. This volume is a rich and indispensable resource for scholars of Marguerite de Navarre and represents an important contribution to the existing scholarship. Its essays present original perspectives on her diverse literary works and offer compelling insights into her religious tendencies. This impressive work will also lead the reader to reflect more fully on the spiritual nuances of a complex and intriguing writer, leader, and thinker. Leanna Bridge Rezvani, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In: H-France Review, Vol. 13 (December 2013), No. 193, pp. 1-3. The essay collection should be welcomed by those who study a host of different subjects from French and early modern thought and history to mysticism, women and gender, the French Renaissance, theater, and poetry. [...] This companion is a thoroughly rewarding piece of scholarship, and is sure to contribute to the study of Marguerite, her influence on France, and her spirituality. Jon Balserak, University of Bristol. In: Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 45, No. 2 (2014), pp. 533-535.