The Cambridge companion to medieval French literature / edited by Simon Gaunt and Sarah Kay.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gaunt, Simon, editor.

Kay, Sarah, editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

French literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 275 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Medieval French literature encompasses 450 years of literary output in Old and Middle French, mostly produced in Northern France and England. These texts, including courtly lyrics, prose and verse romances, dits amoureux and plays, proved hugely influential for other European literary traditions in the medieval period and beyond. This Companion offers a wide-ranging and stimulating guide to literature composed in medieval French from its beginnings in the ninth century until the Renaissance. The essays are grounded in detailed analysis of canonical texts and authors such as the Chanson de Roland, the Roman de la Rose, Villon's Testament, Chrétien de Troyes, Machaut, Christine de Pisan and the Tristan romances. Featuring a chronology and suggestions for further reading, this is the ideal companion for students and scholars in other fields wishing to discover the riches of the French medieval tradition.

Contents:

Introduction / Simon Gaunt, Sarah Kay

The Chanson de Roland / Jane Gilbert

The old French Vulgate cycle / Peggy McCracken

Le Roman de la rose / Noah D. Guynn

The Testament of François Villon / Adrian Armstrong

Chrétien de Troyes / Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner

The Châtelain de Couci / Simon Gaunt

Guillaume de Machaut / Deborah McGrady

Christine de Pizan / Marilynn Desmond

Narrative genres / Keith Busby

Lyric poetry of the later Middle Ages / Jane H.M. Taylor

Genre, parody, and spectacle / Sarah Kay

Theatre and theatricality / Helen Solterer

Feudalism and kingship / James R. Simpson

Clerks and laity / Emma Campbell

The marital and the sexual / William Burgwinkle

Others and alterity / Sylvia Huot.

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ISBN:

9781139001809 (ebook)

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