The Seymour Sisters: Elegizing Female Attachment
History has forgotten the Seymour sisters. Although they were important as potential marriage partners, used by their father to broker alliances, they also created a stir among the members of La Pleiade with their publication of 104 Latin distichs paying tribute to the recently deceased Marguerite d...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1999
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1999, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 343-365 |
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| Summary: | History has forgotten the Seymour sisters. Although they were important as potential marriage partners, used by their father to broker alliances, they also created a stir among the members of La Pleiade with their publication of 104 Latin distichs paying tribute to the recently deceased Marguerite de Navarre. The sophisticated word plays and allusions of their Hecatodistichon (1550) show a close familiarity with the writing of the Protestant-sympathizing French queen and a perceptive awareness of the coupling of spiritual and secular ambitions. This essay offers the first English translation of their work after situating it in a reconstructed context. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Reference: | Errata "Errata: "The Seymour Sisters: Elegizing Female Attachment" (1999)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2544708 |