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Title

Voice and Vision in Ronsard's Les Sonnets pour Hélène

Authors

Jean M. Fallon, Hollins University

Files

Description

"The one hundred forty-six poems which comprise Les Sonnets pour Helene represent Pierre de Ronsard's final cycle of sonnets. This study explores the 1584 edition, the last published during Ronsard's lifetime, and focuses on the harmony and unity of the work as a whole. It enhances our comprehension of the sonnets by examining systems of dualities, the most prominent of which are the voices and discourses of two personas, a lover and a poet. This fresh approach to a sonnet sequence provides insights into the composition and themes of the cycle by interpreting the entire sequence as a text about poetry rather than love."--Amazon.com description.

ISBN

9780820421599

Publication Date

1993

Publisher

Peter Lang

City

New York

Keywords

Jean M. Fallon, Pierre de Ronsard, French poetry, Les Sonnets pour Hélène

Disciplines

French and Francophone Literature

Comments

Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. has generously allowed the scanning and posting of the digital version of this book to the Hollins Digital Commons.

Recommended Citation

Fallon, Jean M., "Voice and Vision in Ronsard's Les Sonnets pour Hélène" (1993). Books by Hollins Faculty and Staff. 24.
https://digitalcommons.hollins.edu/facbooks/24