In more recent decades, the story has attracted renewed attention as part of a broader scholarly and literary interest in recovering women’s experiences from the historical record — in finding the stories of women who were present in historical events but whose experiences were subordinated to the narratives of male actors.

The novelist Allegra Goodman’s recent novel Isola (referenced in discussions of the story) is one of the latest in a long line of literary retellings, and it illustrates how the basic historical narrative continues to generate creative interest.

The scholarly literature on Marguerite de la Rocque includes work by historians of French colonialism, literary scholars studying the Heptaméron, and researchers interested in women’s history and the history of survival narratives.

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes an entry on Marguerite de la Rocque that provides a useful summary of the established historical facts and the ongoing scholarly debates.