Open AccessAutour de la figure de Marie Stuart
Author(s) -
Anne-Marie Le Baillif
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
nordlit
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1503-2086
pISSN - 0809-1668
DOI - 10.7557/13.2048
Subject(s) - scots , queen (butterfly) , art , symbol (formal) , humanities , meaning (existential) , art history , politics , power (physics) , decadence , literature , philosophy , law , hymenoptera , linguistics , botany , physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics , political science , biology
The Sixteenth century constitutes an inspiration for writers of the nineteenth century. My paper is based on two works: Jean de Virey’s tragédie: Jeanne d’Arques published in 1600; Le quadrille de la duchesse de Berry which took place in 1829. In both the life of Marie, Queen of Scots, is given a political meaning: she was a woman who made herself conspicuous and consequently became a symbol of decadent power