Earthly Treasures: Material Culture and Metaphysics in the Heptaméron and Evangelical NarrativePurdue University Press, 2007 - 354 pages Earthly Treasures maps the presence, position and use in the narrative of a variety of material objects in Marguerite de Navarre's Heptameron. There is a wide selection of objects, ranging from tapestries with scripture passages woven into the borders, fine arts paintings, chalices incised with proverbs, emblems, table linens, copies of Bibles or manuscripts, clothing, masks, stage props, jewelry, furniture and foodstuffs. Although the presence of such material objects seems paradoxical, given the scriptural mandate to disregard things of this world, and to "store up treasure", rather, in heaven, Marguerite found license to use such objects both in the Bible and in the daily life-oriented and artifact-studded sermons and writings collected in the Table Talk of Martin Luther. |
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Page 49
... ( acting like the nouvelles ' commentary or frame ) produce a fourth compo- nent that both equals the sum of their parts and surpasses them : the reader's reception . A secondary meaning of devise is a “ dividing line , " some- thing that ...
... ( acting like the nouvelles ' commentary or frame ) produce a fourth compo- nent that both equals the sum of their parts and surpasses them : the reader's reception . A secondary meaning of devise is a “ dividing line , " some- thing that ...
Page 63
... acting coldly toward his wife , he went for a long time without sleeping with her or touching her . " ) 32 However , the husband has misread . The glove is arguably a sign of the wife's attempt to preserve her innocence : she al- lowed ...
... acting coldly toward his wife , he went for a long time without sleeping with her or touching her . " ) 32 However , the husband has misread . The glove is arguably a sign of the wife's attempt to preserve her innocence : she al- lowed ...
Page 106
... acting or encapsulate roles to be acti- vated . In nouvelle # 43 , for instance , we find this list of props : " craie ; ung pourpoinct de satin ; une robbe fourrée ; une garderobbe ; une cornette ; ung touret de nez ; des habillemens ...
... acting or encapsulate roles to be acti- vated . In nouvelle # 43 , for instance , we find this list of props : " craie ; ung pourpoinct de satin ; une robbe fourrée ; une garderobbe ; une cornette ; ung touret de nez ; des habillemens ...
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