In this paper I will deal with the sky, seen as a place of divinity and as a celestial space in two novels by the baroque writer Béroalde de Verville: Les Amours d’Æsionne (1597) and La Pucelle ...d’Orléans (1599). These novels have in common the themes of war and love. But they are different as regards the evocation of the celestial space, linked above all to the action of Fortune and Destiny in the first work, while, in the second, it is closely connected to the religious theme, perhaps because of its protagonist, which is a heroine in the Christian tradition. She is, however, transformed by Béroalde into a character in communication with “intelligences supérieures” or “puissances séparées” (that are not better identified), becoming a sort of syncretic figure. These entities are also present in Æsionne. One of the main characters in this novel is in fact the Flambor hermit who brings together in himself the power of a magician, of a quasi-deity in possession of a superior knowledge obtained through contact with the “puissances célestes”.
L’article propose une analyse de la figure de l’ermite à travers l’ensemble de l’œuvre romanesque de Béroalde de Verville, des Avantures de Floride au Moyen de parvenir. Il montre que le personnage ...reprend les fonctions qui étaient déjà les siennes dans le roman médiéval mais aussi qu’il en revêt de nouvelles, propres à l’écriture béroaldienne, révélant souvent la présence-même de l’écrivain.
La riscrittura dei miti classici è da sempre fonte di grande interesse per gli studiosi. Vorremmo innanzitutto citare qui, sia pur brevemente e senza seguire necessariamente un criterio di carattere ...cronologico, alcuni volumi apparsi negli ultimi anni che ci sono sembrati particolarmente significativi e interessanti, e che trattano di varie figure mitologiche. Queste ultime, divenute poi figure letterarie, hanno attraversato i secoli producendo numerose varianti, pur rimanendo legate ad una s...
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