品牌：Queen Marguerite de Navarre
基本信息
·出版社：Penguin Classics
·页码：544 页码
·出版日：1984年
·ISBN：014044355X
·条码：9780140443554
·装帧：平装
·丛书名：Penguin Classics
内容简介
In the early 1500s five men and five women find themselves trapped by floods and compelled to take refuge in an abbey high in the Pyrenees. When told they must wait days for a bridge to be repaired, they are inspired - by recalling Boccaccio's Decameron - to pass the time in a cultured manner by each telling a story every day. The stories, however, soon degenerate into a verbal battle between the sexes, as the characters weave tales of corrupt friars, adulterous noblemen and deceitful wives. From the cynical Saffredent to the young idealist Dagoucin or the moderate Parlamente - believed to express De Navarre's own views - The Heptameron provides a fascinating insight into the minds and passions of the nobility of sixteenth century France.
编辑推荐
From500 Great Books by Women; review by Erica Bauermeister
Although its authorship has never been conclusively proven,The Heptameronis generally accepted as the work of Marguerite de Navarre, Queen of Navarre and the sister of Francois I.The Heptameron, which has parallels to both Chaucer'sCanterbury Talesand Boccaccio'sDecameron, presents a collection of some seventy very short stories told by five gentleman and five lady travellers who find themselves stranded in an abbey. Proposed as an edifying method of passing time, the story-telling - as well as the conversations that follow each one - rapidly (d)evolves into an all-out verbal battle between the sexes. Most often the tales concern lovers, romantic conquests, and women's virtue - an object of intense pride and considerable power, or a prize of questionable/infinite value, depending upon the point of view. The stories include intimate details of adultery, flattery, betrayal, rape, and war; their very boldness and honesty may surprise many twentieth-century readers. The author declares that these stories actually were told by a group at the court of Francois I; the tellers testify to the veracity of their individual tales, and scholars have substantiated the claims for as many as twenty of the stories. Fictional or true,The Heptameronprovides a rare and fascinating glimpse into the sixteenth century. Alternately bawdy, violent, chaste, funny, scatological, and sad, The Heptameron is a book to delight, offend, and educate twentieth-century readers.-- For great reviews of books for girls, check outLet's Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14.
Language Notes
Text: English, French (translation)
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