Louise De Research Articles

On the Intimacy of Empty Spaces: A Conversation between Lotte Louise de Jong and Antonia Hernández

This article details a conversation between Lotte de Jong and Antonia Hernández, two artists who investigate the intimacy of online platforms, discussing Lotte de Jong’s artwork. Through an exploration of sex webcam platforms, De Jong’s work highlights the spatial dimension of online intimacy, interrogating its various degrees of visibility and questioning how people engage with, imagine, occupy, or resist them.

Abstract LB171: WSI based prediction of TP53 mutations identifies aggressive disease phenotype in prostate cancer

Abstract In prostate cancer, there is an urgent need for objective prognostic biomarkers that identify a tumor’s metastatic potential at an early stage. While recent analyses indicated TP53 mutations as candidate biomarker, molecular profiling in a clinical setting is complicated by tumor heterogeneity. Deep learning models that predict the spatial presence of TP53 mutations in Whole Slide Images (WSIs) offer the potential to mitigate this issue. To assess the potential of WSIs as proxy for spatially resolved profiling or as biomarker for aggressive disease, we developed TiDo, a deep learning model that achieves state-of-the-art performance in predicting TP53 mutations from WSIs of primary prostate tumors. On an independent multi-focal cohort, we could show successful generalization of the model, both at patient and lesion level. Hence, the model offers insight into which lesions on a WSI most likely contain a TP53 mutation. Analysis of model predictions revealed that false positive (FP) predictions could at least partially be explained by TP53 deletions. This suggests that some FP carry another alteration of which the effect converges in the same histological phenotype. Comparative expression analysis and histological cell type analysis identified such common phenotype (related to stromal composition) in both TP and FP predictions. This indicates that WSI-based models might not be able to perfectly predict the spatial presence of individual TP53 mutations. However, we show they have the potential of capturing a tumor’s aggressive potential by observing a downstream phenotype of the tumor cells and TME associated with a biomarker of aggressive disease (TP53). Citation Format: Marija Pizurica, Maarten Larmuseau, Kim Van der Eecken, Louise de Schaetzen van Brienen, Francisco Carrillo-Perez, Simon Isphording, Nicolaas Lumen, Jo Van Dorpe, Piet Ost, Sofie Verbeke, Olivier Gevaert, Kathleen Marchal. WSI based prediction of TP53 mutations identifies aggressive disease phenotype in prostate cancer [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2023; Part 2 (Clinical Trials and Late-Breaking Research); 2023 Apr 14-19; Orlando, FL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2023;83(8_Suppl):Abstract nr LB171.

"Woman, Watching: Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds of Pimisi Bay" by Merilyn Simonds, 2022. [book review

"Woman, Watching: Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds of Pimisi Bay" by Merilyn Simonds, 2022. [book review

Le Médiévisme érudit en France: de la Révolution au Second Empire. Édité par Fanny Maillet et Alain Corbellari

Literary and artistic manifestations of the Romantic ‘goût du Moyen Âge’ (p. 1) are well-known features of the cultural landscape of early nineteenth-century France. Similarly, nineteenth-century academic medievalism is a familiar presence in studies of the construction of national identity during the Troisième République. The history of the transformation of the earlier, Romantic medievalism of figures like Victor Hugo or Eugène Viollet-Le-Duc, into the later, scholarly medievalism of romance philologists such as Gaston Paris and Joseph Bédier, however, remains a ‘nébuleuse encore relativement mal cartographiée’ (p. 10). Of course, the gradual institutionalization of medievalism in nineteenth-century France has long been acknowledged in general terms as a prolonged response to the upheavals of the revolutionary period. However, little attention has been paid to date to pioneering activity in French medieval studies which preceded the formation of the École nationale des chartes (est. 1821, reformed in 1846) and the academic institutionalization of history as a social science in the École pratique des hautes études (est. 1868). Nor has sufficient work been done to bridge the divide between the antiquarian erudition of the Ancien Régime (epitomized in the works of figures such as Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye) and the medievalisms of the nineteenth century. It is in the work of little-known figures such as the Breton historian and anthologist Louise de Kéralio (1758–1822, studied in a contribution to this volume by Bernard Ribémont), for example, that scholarship connects the medievalism of Enlightenment érudits with the world of nineteenth-century literary history. Other chapters bring to light marginalized figures whose work was essential to the flowering of medieval studies: the pioneering scholar of medieval Latin, Édélestand Du Méril (1801–1870; presented by Jean-Yves Tilliette), who saw in medieval French poetry an expression of the Romantic Volksgeist; Théodore Hersart de La Villemarqué (1815–1895; in a chapter by Hélène Bouget), one of the founders of modern Celtic literary studies; or Étienne-Jean Delécluze (1781–1863; see the contribution by Alain Corbellari), the polymath scholar, painter, translator, and historian of chivalry. Further chapters provide more thematic contributions. Patricia Victorin, for example, studies the Romantic reception of Jean Froissart and the influence of his Chroniques on nineteenth-century historians and historical-novelists. Jonathan Hofer, meanwhile, tracing the editorial fate of Old French fabliaux in the first decades of the century, shows how this corpus of jocular récits gave a foundation to the myth of a ‘Moyen Âge populaire’, crude yet vibrant. The construction of a medieval imagination among the reading public is further explored by Guillaume Cousin, who focuses on the role played by literary journals under the July Monarchy. Far from constituting an exhaustive treatment of the subject, as the editors are the first to confess (p. 13), this volume is nevertheless a groundbreaking collection. Indeed, very little else by way of recent scholarship is available to students and scholars of nineteenth-century literature who may be eager, when faced with instances of medievalism, to locate them in a wider intellectual context.

Jane Addams: debunking the American hyper-individualistic histories and enlarging her collectivistic sensibilities (And a case study of how leisure textbooks can be encapsulated within national ideologies)

ABSTRACT Jane Addams was one of the most important pioneers to help develop leisure services in America. Many American leisure textbooks hyper-individualize Jane Addams actions at Hull-House and make it seem that she was individually supervising the massive Hull-House complex and hundreds of programmes. The purpose of this manuscript is to debunk the hyper-individualistic histories of Jane Addams cloaked in the ideology of American individualism, written by American leisure studies authors, and outline Jane Addams collectivistic sensibilities and underscore the many residents and volunteers who helped establish Hull-House. To readers outside of the United States, this paper also serves as an example of how leisure textbooks can be encapsulated within national ideologies, which are often invisible to readers. As such, this manuscript will underscore Hull-House as being a collectivistic gestalt of kindred spirits who partnered with Jane Addams to make Hull-House a success. The last section of this manuscript will highlight the “galaxy of stars” who helped Hull-House flourish (Stebner, 1997), such as Louise de Koven Bowen Julia Lathrop, Helen Culver, Mary Rozet Smith and Neva Boyd.

Women’s diplomacy in the XVI century France: the example of Louise of Savoy

This article is dedicated to researching the women's diplomacy in France in the first half of the XVI century from the perspective of gender history. Despite the fact that ambassadorial offices were mostly occupied by men, women could still perform as diplomats both officially and informally. The image of a woman as a politician is revealed on the example of diplomatic activity of Duchess of Angoulême Louise de Savoy, mother of Francis I de Valois. The article determines her position among the power elites from contemporaries' point of view. The article also reveals the role of a high-ranking lady in exercising diplomatic functions and highlights the features of the official correspondence form of the king's mother. The main directions of foreign policy during the regencies of Louise of Savoy are determined. The role of royal women in exercising diplomatic functions in relation to the political aspects of making the «Ladies' Peace» in 1529 in Cambrai is considered. The author concludes that personality factors, political authority and personal relations played a major role in women's diplomatic work. In the conditions of instability of the French crown, Louise of Savoy manages to avoid the political and economic crisis in the country and create a unique precedent in the sphere of foreign affairs. This allowed her successors to expand diplomatic networks further by continuously conducting correspondence. Apart from concluding traditional dynastic alliances, diplomatic activity included negotiations, carried out by ladies either through trusted ambassadors or in person, signing peace agreements, and forming their own female diplomatic clientele.

Women’s diplomacy in the XVI century France: the example of Louise of Savoy

This article is dedicated to researching the women's diplomacy in France in the first half of the XVI century from the perspective of gender history. Despite the fact that ambassadorial offices were mostly occupied by men, women could still perform as diplomats both officially and informally. The image of a woman as a politician is revealed on the example of diplomatic activity of Duchess of Angoulême Louise de Savoy, mother of Francis I de Valois. The article determines her position among the power elites from contemporaries' point of view. The article also reveals the role of a high-ranking lady in exercising diplomatic functions and highlights the features of the official correspondence form of the king's mother. The main directions of foreign policy during the regencies of Louise of Savoy are determined. The role of royal women in exercising diplomatic functions in relation to the political aspects of making the «Ladies' Peace» in 1529 in Cambrai is considered. The author concludes that personality factors, political authority and personal relations played a major role in women's diplomatic work. In the conditions of instability of the French crown, Louise of Savoy manages to avoid the political and economic crisis in the country and create a unique precedent in the sphere of foreign affairs. This allowed her successors to expand diplomatic networks further by continuously conducting correspondence. Apart from concluding traditional dynastic alliances, diplomatic activity included negotiations, carried out by ladies either through trusted ambassadors or in person, signing peace agreements, and forming their own female diplomatic clientele.

The Creation of the French Royal Mistress: From Agnès Sorel to Madame du Barry

The Creation of the French Royal Mistress: From Agnès Sorel to Madame du Barry examines the development of the role of the French royal mistress in politics and court life from 1444 to 1774. Using an interdisciplinary approach, authors Tracy Adams and Christine Adams argue that while mistresses were certainly a feature of other realms, their role in diplomacy and court life was unique to France. While much has been written about queens and about individual mistresses, this study is overarching in both its theoretical arguments and in its ambitious examination of nine mistresses, including Agnès Sorel, Anne de Pisseleu d’Heilly, Diane de Poiters, Gabrielle D’Estrées, Françoise Louise de La Baume Le Blanc, Françoise d’Aubigné, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson and Jeanne Bécu. Using Fernand Braudel’s theory concerning the role of long- and medium-term structures combined with short-term events in interpreting the past, the authors posit that the role of the royal mistress was distinct from, if tied to, the role of the queen regent. The preconditions or long-term structures that they posit include the broad assertion that women were considered intellectually equal but legally inferior to men, and the theatricalization of the royal court; the medium-term (‘recurring but not fundamental’) structure is the role of the typically male royal mignon, or court favourite. The French royal mistress, they argue, becomes possible at the intersection of these structures. While not all French courts in the early modern period included a royal mistress, those that did involved a charismatic mistress and a king who was willing to be advised by a woman.

Introduction

Previous articleNext article FreeIntroductionPDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmailQR Code SectionsMoreThe four articles in this issue address debates about early modern women’s authorship, refocus our attention on forgotten historical women, assess their forays into male-dominated literary worlds, and recover the works of religious women in genres generally deemed secular. Jake Arthur, in “Anne Lock or Thomas Norton? A Response to the Reattribution of the First Sonnet Sequence in English,” intervenes in the debate over “A Meditation of a Penitent Sinner” (1560), arguing that Anne Lock was the most likely author of this text. Estelle Paranque, in “Devotion, Influence, and Loyalty: Reevaluating Queen Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont’s Political and Diplomatic Role in Early Modern France,” uses the correspondence of this overshadowed sixteenth-century royal woman to counter the assumption that Louise did not engage in politics. Sara Diaz, in “Exceptional Bodies and Ludic Lovers: Humor, Disability, and the Grotesque in Margherita Costa’s Lettere amorose (1639),” explores Costa’s foray into the male-dominated world of Italian ludic literature through her epistolary collection, which features an unprecedented complementarity between sexed and comically embodied voices. Anna-Lisa Halling, in “Soror Maria do Céu’s Aves Illustradas: A Conduct Manual Legitimizing Female Authority for Early Modern Nuns through Storytelling,” turns to the Portuguese context to analyze an early eighteenth-century conduct manual for nuns that relies on narrative rather than rules to guide their comportment and spiritual advancement. Each of these early modern women authors reminds us of the myriad ways that women used writing as a mechanism not only to assert their ideas but also to demonstrate the centrality of women’s activities and influence in early modern society.Adding to this array of articles across disciplines and national cultures, we feature book reviews that cover women’s engagement in art, marriage, motherhood, court culture, rule, authorship, and patronage, to note only a few representative topics. The geographical range of the subjects covers England, France, Italy, Spain, and the Low Countries, as well as the classical worlds of Greece and Rome. We include a performance review of Margaret Cavendish’s The Unnatural Tragedy, performed at the University of Vienna in 2020, and welcome suggestions for reviews of other performances and multimedia productions.Finally, with the recent move to the University of Chicago Press and our new affiliation with the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender, we have taken the opportunity to bring some important changes to Early Modern Women. As some of you may have noticed in the last issue, we have engaged a more diverse set of scholars for our editorial and advisory boards. We are also working to ensure that upcoming issues will include more articles about non-European women of various religions, races, and classes, as well as racialized women within Europe. In volume 17, we will begin what we hope is an ongoing conversation about early modern women and race across disciplines. We are reaching out to a more diverse and global group of reviewers and are reviewing more books about women outside of Europe. We are excited about the future and believe that these changes are integral to ensuring that Early Modern Women continues to be a vibrant voice for scholars in our field. Previous articleNext article DetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal Volume 16, Number 2Spring 2022 Published for the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/718296 Views: 596 © 2022 Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Devotion, Influence, and Loyalty: Reevaluating Queen Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont’s Political and Diplomatic Role in Early Modern France

Previous articleNext article No AccessDevotion, Influence, and Loyalty: Reevaluating Queen Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont’s Political and Diplomatic Role in Early Modern FranceEstelle ParanqueEstelle Paranque Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal Volume 16, Number 2Spring 2022 Published for the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/717541 Views: 91Total views on this site © 2022 Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

FACULTY ONLINE LEARNING READINESS OF A PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOL IN BICOL, PHILIPPINES AMIDST THE NEW NORMAL

The emergence of Corona Virus Disease 2019 pandemic required educational institutions to shift to new instructional paradigm to ensure learning continuity. With the restrictions on mass gathering, online distance learning has emerged as one of the alternative modalities. This descriptive study primarily aimed to assess the faculty readiness of St. Louise de Marillac School of Bulan (SLMSB), Inc., a private secondary school in Sorsogon Province, Bicol Region, The Philippines, in implementing online learning as an alternative instructional mode. Using an adopted survey-questionnaire, twenty (20) faculty members participated in this research. It was found that the faculty members of SLMSB are sufficiently ready on online learning in terms of their technology access, considering the measures being undertaken by the school administration. They are also ready in terms of their technology skills and their attitude towards online learning. However, despite the general result on readiness, analysis of the indicators revealed that they need to be trained in terms of use of online learning management system, and use of tools for developing learning materials. With these results, it is recommended that a capability-building program for faculty members of SLMSB be conducted in order to prepare them in facilitating online learning through an extension program that may be offered by Sorsogon State College – Bulan Campus.

Interpretation of fiction texts in the intermedial dimension. "Fiançailles for rire" of Francis Poulenc

The purpose of the article is to analyze the peculiarities of the interpretation of artistic texts of the vocal cycle of F. Poulenc on the poem by Louise de Wilmoren "Engagement is a joke" in the intermedial dimension. In addition to the general characteristics of the chamber-vocal cycle of F. Poulenc, the analysis of the poetic text, the peculiarities of its compositional reading, to comprehend the significance of the form of French vocal culture "musical portrait". Outline intermediality as a phenomenon of art in the space of culture. Methodology: comparative, structural methods and narrative analysis to understand the deep psychological processes that occur during the interpretation of "musical portraits". The scientific novelty is the study of the interaction of poetic style and form of "musical portrait" as the basis of internal textual connections of the work of art, and the relationship of the artistic language of different arts, which are coordinated in the process of interpretation into the intermediality space. Conclusions. The musical portrayal is substantiated as a kind of intermedia interpretation of artistic texts. "Musical portrait" as a form of French vocal culture is a full-fledged semiotic space, with a universal textual category of intertextuality, along with the specific characteristics of its sign system, conveys "figurative" information. Correlation of poetic texts, features of intersemiotic translation of figurative structures which carry information by means and at the expense of aesthetic possibilities of other kinds of arts - is an actual theme of the present. Correlation of poetic texts, features of intersemiotic translation of figurative structures which carry information by means and at the expense of aesthetic possibilities of other kinds of arts - is an actual theme of the present. A special type of intratextual relationships is formed in a work of art - intermediality, based on the interaction of artistic codes of different types of art.

Louise de Vilmorin's Poetics: a Translation Challenge

O presente artigo tem por objetivo discorrer sobre a obra poética de Louise de Vilmorin, escritora francesa do século XX, de reputada fama nos meios literários parisienses e com vasta publicação e incursões em diferentes gêneros literários, tendo escrito romances, novelas, contos, poemas etc., cuja obra permanece ainda hoje inédita no Brasil. Dada a extensão de sua produção poética, que conta com dezenove obras, o foco do artigo foi direcionado ao seu décimo livro, L’Alphabet des aveux, publicado em 1954, pela editora Gallimard, com ilustrações de Jean Hugo. Será questão a reflexão sobre os desafios tradutórios que envolvem a obra L’Alphabet des aveux, caracterizada por um complexo trabalho linguístico, em que identificamos a presença de palíndromos, versos (h)olorimes, caligramas, rébus, entre outros procedimentos reputados intraduzíveis. Para tanto, serão utilizadas obras de cunho biográfico, como Je suis née inconsolable: Louise de Vilmorin (2008), ou ainda Essai sur Louise de Vilmorin (1962), escrito por seu irmão, André de Vilmorin, para apresentar a trajetória profissional e pessoal da escritora. Ademais, no que no tange à análise da obra em questão por um viés tradutório, serão utilizados os textos de Haroldo de Campos sobre a Teoria da Transcriação que constam no livro organizado por Marcelo Tápia, intitulado Transcriação (2013), corrente teórica escolhida para refletir sobre as possibilidades tradutórias de sua obra, uma vez que permite pensar a relação entre original e tradução sob uma perspectiva não prescritiva, na qual o tradutor exerce função análoga ao autor com vistas a uma recriação paramórfica, bem como os textos do crítico e tradutor Henri Meschonnic, Critique du rythme (1982) e Poétique du traduire (1999), de modo a embasar teoricamente a discussão sobre os elementos melopeicos que estruturam os poemas de L’Alphabet des aveux e constituem um verdadeiro desafio tradutório aos que desejam apresentar tal obra a um novo público-leitor.

Shaping The Legacy Of Louise De Savoie: A New Reading Of The Heptaméron

Marguerite de Navarre's Heptaméron has attracted attention in recent years for its analysis of sexual violence, its narrative structure, and the insights it may offer into its author's theology and her views on empire. This essay argues that Marguerite de Navarre also uses the stories in this collection to shape the legacy of her mother, Louise de Savoie, as regent of France, embedding in them reminders of Louise de Savoie's legitimacy in this role and illustrating her effective administration of domestic and foreign affairs, her skill as a negotiator, and her dedication to peace and reconciliation. With her portrayal of Louise de Savoie as an exemplary regent in the Heptaméron, Marguerite de Navarre preempts and defuses misogynist critiques of powerful women as emotionally volatile and manipulative, and she thus contributes to the legitimization of women's political authority in France, where a spurious Salic Law was used to forbid female succession to the throne. The lively and memorable tales in the Heptaméron offer subtle but firm advocacy of women's authority and ability to rule, and they bear witness to the power of storytelling to redraw the contours of the worlds in which we live.

Les restes humains archéologiques en France : entre objets de science et sujets de droit

Depuis 40 ans, la multiplication des fouilles archéologiques de grands ensembles funéraires en France a entrainé un accroissement considérable des vestiges osseux humains dans les dépôts de fouilles de l’État. Ces restes ne font pas partie du mobilier archéologique stricto-sensu mais relèvent de la « documentation scientifique ». D’un côté, les exigences de la science commandent de mobiliser toutes les techniques disponibles afin de mieux connaître les populations qui nous ont laissé ces traces. De l’autre côté, des limites matérielles et culturelles conduiraient à voir dans les techniques d’échantillonnage un dispositif archéologique efficient. La mission d’intérêt général qu’est la recherche archéologique commande au contraire de porter un soin particulier à ces vestiges en les épargnant d’une vision trop gestionnaire et de court terme. Les vertus éthiques de l’excellence archéologique ne doivent pas être oubliées, ainsi le savoir archéologique doit-il d’abord porter une exigence de rigueur scientifique. Cette exigence première est notamment questionnée par les choix de gestion des collections des restes humains. Une seconde exigence éthique conduit à s’interroger sur les limites juridiques ou morales de la première. L’ambition de rigueur scientifique doit-elle être limitée dans certaines hypothèses, notamment lorsque la recherche porte sur des restes humains? Ces restes doivent-ils faire l’objet d’un statut juridique ou éthique spécifique qui tendrait à les distinguer des autres éléments du mobilier archéologique? L’article se propose d’aborder ces questions sous le prisme de l’étude du cas du corps parfaitement bien conservé de Louise de Quengo, noble bretonne du XVIIe découverte en 2014 à Rennes (France).

Abstract 3157: Cyclin E1 overexpression identifies patients with greater benefit from bevacizumab in platinum sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer

Abstract Introduction: Bevacizumab is an antiangiogenic agent approved to treat ovarian cancer in combination to chemotherapy. The relative benefit of bevacizumab in ovarian cancer patients seems to be greater the more the disease becomes platinum resistant. Cyclin E1 overexpression is a marker of platinum resistance. In this study we aimed to evaluate the benefit of bevacizumab in platinum sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer and to test if the benefit changes according to platinum-free interval (PFI) and cyclin E1 expression. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated data from patients with platinum sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer treated with CT plus bevacizumab (Bev group) and CT alone (CT group) at a tertiary cancer center in Brazil from 2005 to 2017. The two groups were paired according to histology, platinum free interval and number of previous treatment lines. Cyclin E1 expression was evaluated by immunohistochemistry in tissue microarray. Progression-free survival (PFS) was compared between the groups with log rank test and cox regression. Results: 124 patients were included, 62 in each group. Bev group and CT group were well balanced regarding histology (high grade serous carcinoma 94% in Bev group, 93% in CT group), PFI (PFI > 12 months in 36.2% in Bev group, 39.3% in CT group) and number of previous treatment lines (one previous chemotherapy in 55.7% in Bev group, 60.0% in CT group). Median age and median PFI were 56.2 years old and 59.2 years old, and 9.7 months and 10.5 months, in the Bev and CT groups, respectively. All patients were treated with platinum doublets with paclitaxel, gemcitabine or liposomal doxorubicin except for one patient treated with cisplatin plus bevacizumab and one patient treated with liposomal doxorubicin. Median PFS (mPFS) was 19.5 months for the Bev group vs. 16.0 months in the CT group (p = 0.150). Patients with a PFI > 12 months showed a mPFS of 20.0 months vs. 15.5 for patients with a PFI < 12 months (p=0.029). Patients with cyclin E1 overexpression showed a mPFS of 15.8 months vs. 19.7 months for those without cyclin E1 overexpression (p=0.05). Benefit of bevacizumab was present only in the subgroup of patients with PFI < 12 months (mPFS 18.6 versus 10.4 months, p=0.002) and in the subgroup of patients with cyclin E1 overexpression (mPFS 16.3 versus 7.0 months, p=0.010). Conclusions:Markers of resistance to chemotherapy such as cyclin E1 overexpression and PFI identify patients with the greatest benefit of bevacizumab. This data could help to discern between maintenance treatment options in the era of PARP inhibitors and anti-angiogenics. Citation Format: Adriana Regina G. Ribeiro, Marcella M. Salvadori, Louise de Brot, Graziele Bovolim, Henrique Mantoan, Felipe Ilelis, Mariana R. Alves, Nayra Soares Amaral, Solange M. Sanches, Joyce Lisboa, Elizabeth S. dos Santos, Ronaldo Pereira, Fabricio S. Castro, Joao Paulo S. Lima, Andrea P. Guimaraes, Glauco Baiocchi, Alexandre Andre B. Da Costa. Cyclin E1 overexpression identifies patients with greater benefit from bevacizumab in platinum sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2019; 2019 Mar 29-Apr 3; Atlanta, GA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 3157.

Vincent de Paul, The Lazarist Mission, and French Catholic Reform by Alison Forrestal

Reviewed by: Vincent de Paul, The Lazarist Mission, and French Catholic Reform by Alison Forrestal Brian Boosel O.S.B. Vincent de Paul, The Lazarist Mission, and French Catholic Reform. By Alison Forrestal. (New York: Oxford University Press. 2017. Pp. x, 312. $135.00. ISBN 978-0-19-878576-7.) In her masterful study, Vincent de Paul, The Lazarist Mission, and French Catholic Reform, Alison Forrestal reminds the reader of Vincent de Paul's missionary philosophy, namely, that a true missionary, "found everything good and indifferent, he accepts everything, he can do anything" (p. 101). Forrestal uses the [End Page 373] theme of mission and missionary activity to weave together carefully and with great clarity the life of Vincent de Paul (1581–1660). Her study begins with an analysis of de Paul's coming to know himself from his childhood experiences through his education and ordination as a priest. Forrestal illuminates the transformational moments in de Paul's life. Her study prepares the reader to experience the full dynamism of de Paul's missionary activity by setting up a background in which de Paul is schooled by such notable French clerics as Pierre Bérulle and Francis de Sales. One must note that Forrestal's research is well grounded in both secular and ecclesiastical archival sources. Forrestal presents the story of the Lazarist mission not only as a narrative, but also as an analysis of the statistics regarding the numbers of missionaries, the numbers of people being treated for various maladies, and the interaction between the de Paul's Congregation of the Mission and his fraternal collaboration with Louise de Marillac and the Daughters of Charity. Another strength of Forrestal's present study is the balance of the question of gender within her research. While the book is mainly a study of Vincent de Paul, Forrestal nonetheless explores de Paul's friendships and working relationships with women beginning with Madame de Gondi, his partnership with Louise de Marillac, and the mentoring relationships he fostered with Jane Frances de Chantal, and numerous other women religious. Forrestal's inclusion of a gendered narrative strengthens the study of Vincent de Paul while allowing the history of these pioneer missionary men and women to tell their own stories. Forrestal is careful to include in her study a discussion of Jansenism and the issues that it presented for early modern French Catholicism. Vincent de Paul was no stranger to the teaching of the Jansenists and even to some of the main players in the Jansenist movement. Forrestal details Vincent's theology of grace, which he offers as a counter to the Jansenistic teachings found in many parts of France in the seventeenth century. Overall, Alison Forrestal's exploration of the life of Vincent de Paul and the Lazarist Mission is fresh and presents a new facet within the larger study of Vincentiana. It should be noted that Forrestal has provided a wealth of information in a series of three appendices which chronicle the Lazarist houses established during de Paul's lifetime along with a list of significant benefactors and their donations toward the work of the Mission. Scholars of early modern French Catholicism will find in Forrestal's bibliography a treasure trove of sources in English, French, and other European languages. Any serious scholar of de Paul, de Marillac, the Catholic Reformation, or Early Modern France in general would benefit greatly from a thorough reading of Forrestal's research. [End Page 374] Brian Boosel O.S.B. Saint Vincent College Latrobe, Pennsylvania Copyright © 2019 The Catholic University of America Press

Mariage, raison et sentiment chez Honoré de Balzac et Cao Xueqin. Le cas des <em>Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées</em> et du <em>Rêve dans le Pavillon rouge</em>

Marriage, Reason and Sentiment in Honoré de Balzac and Cao Xueqin. The Case of Letters of Two Brides and Dream of the Red Chamber. In both Balzac’s (1799–1850) Letters of Two Brides (1845) and Cao’s (1715– 1763) Dream of the Red Chamber (1742–1764), we have two very determined young girls, ready for marriage, who dream of a more passionate life. Lacking family support, they are alone and adopt opposite behavior patterns. The first (Louise de Chaulieu / Lin Daiyu) stays the same and wants a marriage of love, while the second (Renée de Maucombe / Xue Baochai) resigns herself to a marriage of convenience arranged by her family. Their two destinies diverge: one experiences great love but dies prematurely; the other experiences family happiness but is a prisoner in a life of conventions. However, behind these oppositions, their differences appear superficial and seems to come only from the social and political context. The two destinies are ultimately closely related, until they almost merge. Not only does the stubbornness of the two heroines in the realization of their dream lead them to a similar situation, both authors have also come up with a very similar technique when exposing the same surprising result. In Balzac, the two heroines become “Siamese twins” thanks to the system of correspondence. In Cao’s case, it is thanks to a particular narrative technique that constantly relates both heroeines to each other. Finally, via their common reflections on the influence of “bad novels” on young girls, Balzac and Cao deliver us “a novel about novels”. The novel is a language vessel, and at the same time a metalanguage that reflects on the linguistic structure of the work.

The Many Reformations of Catholic Women’s Religious Life

One of the last enactments of the bishops, as the Council of Trent ended in 1563, was to mandate enclosure for all consecrated women. This reflects a prohibition against the first steps toward apostolic, non-cloistered women’s religious life, which was occurring at that time. This article examines some of the various “reformations” of women’s apostolic religious life from the 16th century to the 21st century in South Africa. A case study is presented of Mary Ward’s attempts to found a women’s apostolic congregation and her persecution in the light of Trent’s decree. The initiatives of Francis de Sales and Jeanne Frances de Chantal were also thwarted, but Louise de Marillac and the Daughters of Charity survived. Two significant reformations were the growth of apostolic congregations beginning in the mid-17th century and women’s responses to the theology of the renewal of religious life of Vatican II, including its impact in South Africa. Because women’s religious life came to Africa in Western structures and theology, principles of inculturation which guide the initiatives of making religious life African, are presented. The historical narrative is analysed through the lenses of women’s agency and women’s voice. Although male church authorities consistently tried to limit women’s initiatives to shape new forms of religious life, which frequently caused immense suffering, women’s apostolic religious life has evolved to be a very vibrant part of the life of the Catholic Church, including Africa, in the 21st century

New Directions in Catholic Historical Research: Saints in Social Work

ABSTRACTFor over half a century now, the profession of social work has ignored calls to develop critical infrastructures for strengthening and expanding historical research in schools of social work. Since World War II, for example, doctoral dissertations involving significant historical research in schools of social work have become virtually extinct. The vanishing of these dissertations represents a simultaneous vanishing of social work's capacity to detect historical figures who are indigenous to and yet have remained undetected in social work history. As a result, and unintentionally, social work scholars have been seemingly unable to detect Louise de Marillac as the patron saint of social workers or Ellen Gates Starr as a popular folk saint among social workers in Catholic religious orders. The study includes the rare, post-mortem photograph of Ellen Gates Starr, dressed in the full habit of a Catholic Benedictine nun.