Eschatological subjects : divine and literary judgment in fourteenth-century French poetry / J.M. Moreau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moreau, J. M. (John M.), 1983- author.

Series:

Interventions: new studies in medieval culture

Interventions : new studies in medieval culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?.

Guillaume, de Machaut, approximately 1300-1377.

Guillaume, de Deguileville, active 14th century.

French poetry--To 1500--History and criticism.

French poetry.

Eschatology in literature.

Judgment Day in literature.

French poetry--Appreciation--History--14th century.

Guillaume, de Deguileville, active 14th century--Criticism and interpretation.

Guillaume.

Guillaume, de Machaut, approximately 1300-1377--Criticism and interpretation.

Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?--Criticism and interpretation.

Froissart, Jean.

French poetry--Appreciation.

Criticism and interpretation.

History.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 238 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Divine and literary judgment in fourteenth-century French poetry

Place of Publication:

Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2014]

Summary:

"Eschatological Subjects: Divine and Literary Judgment in Fourteenth-Century French Poetry takes an innovative approach to medieval eschatology by examining how poets cast themselves in the scene of judgment as defendants summoned to answer to the Almighty for the sins of their writing. Since medieval Europeans lived in perpetual anxiety of divine judgment, constantly surrounded by reminders in art and literature, author J.M. Moreau shows that this is a natural extension of medieval life. But Eschatological Subjects goes even further to demonstrate the largely unrecognized duality of this judge figure: not just God, the judge is also the imperious and imperfect human reader. The simultaneous divine and human judgments in (and of) French poetry reveal much about the ethical stakes of writing vernacular poetry in the later Middle Ages and, most importantly, about the relationships between authors and audiences. Focusing on Guillaume de Deguileville, Guillaume de Machaut, and Jean Froissart (each of whom composed scenes in which they appear on trial before God), Moreau contributes important new insights on the complex "trial process" of later medieval literature, in which poetic authority and fame depended on the poet's ability to defend himself before a fearful court of reader opinion."-- Provided by publisher.

"John Moreau explores how late medieval French poets used the idea of the last judgment to frame their own literary production and its reception among readers. Focusing on works by Deguileville, Machaut, and Froissart, Moreau argues that their use of the divine judgment theme to discuss authorial concerns betrays their anxiety about both their responsibility for what they write and for how their work will be received and consequently judged. The result of this study is a much more dynamic view of the medieval conception of the author role"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Representation in Heaven: The Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century / Rhetor Divinus Divinus, Rhetor 34

I Quid sum miser tunc dicturus? 34

II From Legal Subject to Eschatological Subject 38

III Human Rights and the Devil's Rights: The Virgin's Divine Advocacy 44

IV Divine Rhetoric in Action: The Puys 57

Chapter 2 A Particular Judgment: The Case of Deguileville's Pèlerinage de l'âme 63

I Introduction 63

II Des ouvrages quë il a fait: The First Two Pèlerinages 70

III Preliminary Judgments 80

IV Satan v. Guillermus de Deguilevilla 88

Chapter 3 Post-Apocalyptic Judgment: Machaut's Jugement dou roy de Navarre 102

I Introduction 102

II The Judgment of the Living and the Dead 108

III Bonneurte's Case and Guillaume's Livres 121

IV Judgment in the Court of Charles de Navarre 131

Chapter 4 The Judgment of Jupiter: Froissart's Jali huisson de Jonece 144

I Introduction 144

II Froissart's Judgment of Paris, or a Portrait of the Artist as a Young Machaut 151

III God's Capital, Venus's Gifts, and the Judgment of the Patron 166

IV Recollection and Redemption in Froissart's "Lay de Nostre Dame" 177.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780814212691

0814212697

OCLC:

881146241