Joseph Du Chesne: La Morocosmie ou De la folie, vanite et inconstance du Monde avec Deux Chants Doriques ou de l'Amour celeste et du Souverain bien ... Edition) (Textes Litteraires Francais)

This is the first critical edition of Joseph Du Chesne's La Morocosmie, a remarkable collection of sixteenth-century protestant poetry on the vanity of the world. With an introduction and notes, this edition places Du Chesne's work in its context, examines its originality and highlights its contribution to our knowledge of literary history and reformation spirituality. French text.