La France des Humanistes: Henri II Estienne, éditeur et écrivain (review)
space in d’Aubigné’s writings from the perspectives of theology, philosophy, poetics, narrative, and grammar. In her conclusion, Fragonard suggests that d’Aubigné’s powerfully individual literary style constitutes a gesture towards the transcendence that human language can never fully attain, just as d’Aubigné’s prophetic poetic persona speaks for a God from which he necessarily remains distinct. Fragonard’s erudite approach takes the concepts of religious belief and conviction very seriously, thus reminding us that Brad Gregory’s 1999 Salvation at Stake, widely praised for its methodological innovation in this regard, has in fact a predecessor or two; moreover, it amply demonstrates the gains to be had from the kind of rhetorical analysis Gregory himself seemed to discount. Anyone interested in the reformed religious culture of sixteenth-century France, as well as anyone interested in d’Aubigné, will learn much by returning to Fragonard’s stimulating study. ANDREA FRISCH University of Maryland