Clothing "Dame helisenne": the staging of female authorship and the production of the 1538 Angoysses Douloureuses qqui procedent d'amours.(Critical Essay) From: The Romanic Review | Date: November 1, 2001| Author: Chang, Leah L. | COPYRIGHT 2001 Columbia University. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

In Les Angoysses Douloureuses qui procedent d'amours (Paris, 1538), the protagonist Dame Helisenne owns a white cloak of which she is particularly fond: "J'estois fort curieuse en habillemens, c'estoit la chose ou je prenoye singulier plaisir," (1) she recalls, describing the garment on which her lover, Guenelic, indiscreetly steps, a transgression that Dame Helisenne finds nonetheless quite pleasurable. By the end of the story another white wrapping appears, this time clothing a l...