The Shadow of Dante in French Renaissance Lyric : Scève's Délie / Alison Baird Lovell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lovell, Alison Baird, author.

Series:

Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture ; 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sceve, Maurice, active 16th century.

Sceve, Maurice.

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Criticism and interpretation.

Dante Alighieri.

Renaissance--Periodicals.

Renaissance.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 273 pages)

Other Title:

Shadow of Dante in French Renaissance Lyric

Place of Publication:

Boston ; Kalamazoo : De Gruyter : Western Michigan University, MIP, Medieval Institute Publications, 2020.

Summary:

This book presents an interpretation of Maurice Scève's lyric sequence Délie, object de plus haulte vertu (Lyon, 1544) in literary relation to the Vita nuova, Commedia, and other works of Dante Alighieri. Dante's subtle influence on Scève is elucidated in depth for the first time, augmenting the allusions in Délie to the Canzoniere of Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca). Scève's sequence of dense, epigrammatic dizains is considered to be an early example, prior to the Pléiade poets, of French Renaissance imitation of Petrarch's vernacular poetry, in a time when imitatio was an established literary practice, signifying the poet's participation in a tradition. While the Canzoniere is an important source for Scève's Délie, both works are part of a poetic lineage that includes Occitan troubadours, Guinizzelli, Cavalcanti, and Dante. The book situates Dante as a relevant predecessor and source for Scève, and examines anew the Petrarchan label for Délie. Compelling poetic affinities emerge between Dante and Scève that do not correlate with Petrarch.

Contents:

"Ce Poëte ayant quasi l'esprit et l'entendement de Dante"

Scéve and fin'amor: "Jouir d'un coeur, qui est tout tien amy"

Scéve, Ficino, Cavalcanti: "Parfeit un corps en sa parfection"

Scéve and Dante: "Fedeli d'amore"

Scéve and Dante: Incessemment travaillant en moy celle"

Scéve and Dante: "L'amor che qui raffina"

Scéve and Petrarch: "Ardor fallace"

Scéve and Petrarch: "Constituée idole de ma vie".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (De gruyter, viewed November 25, 2022).

ISBN:

9781501513596

1501513591

9781501513466

150151346X

OCLC:

1202450347