Mannerism and baroque in seventeenth-century French poetry : the example of Tristan L'Hermite / by James Crenshaw Shepard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shepard, James Crenshaw.

Series:

North Carolina studies in the Romance languages and literatures ; no. 269.

North Carolina studies in the Romance languages and literatures ; no. 269

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tristan L'Hermite, 1601-1655--Criticism and interpretation.

Tristan L'Hermite.

Tristan L'Hermite, 1601-1655.

Criticism and interpretation.

Mannerism (Literature).

Baroque literature.

Physical Description:

188 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dept. of Romance Languages, 2001.

Summary:

This book explores mannerism and baroque in the poetry of Tristan L'Hermite, a leading lyric poet of the seventeenth century. James Shepard examines the poems contained in Tristan's Plaintes d'Acante et autres ouvres, Les Amours, La Lyre, and the Vers heroiques; his religious poetry; La Renomme; and his recently discovered poems. He reveals Tristan's amatory poetry as mannerist and his heroic and religious poetry as baroque; many poems, however, contain elements of both styles. Shepard also uncovers a baroque dompte style -- the toned-down baroque that some argue characterized French classicism -- in some of Tristan's heroic and religious poetry.

Contents:

II. Tristan L'Hermite 15

III. Mannerism 22

IV. Baroque 41

V. Mannerism and Baroque in the Plaintes d'Acante et autres oeuvres 65

VI. Mannerism and Baroque in Les Amours de Tristan 95

VII. Mannerism and Baroque in La Lyre du Sieur Tristan 113

VIII. Mannerism and Baroque in the Vers heroiques 133

IX. Mannerism and Baroque in the Religious and Miscellaneous Poetry 157.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1997) under the title: Mannerism and Baroque in the poetry of Tristan L'Hermite.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-181) and indexes.

ISBN:

0807892734

OCLC:

45890500