Critical tales new studies of the "heptameron" and early modern culture John D. Lyons, Mary B. McKinley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lyons, John D., 1946-

McKinley, Mary B.

Series:

Anniversary Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549. Heptaméron.

Marguerite.

Characters and characteristics in literature.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Rhetoric--1500-1800.

Rhetoric.

Literary form.

Women and literature--France--History--16th century.

Women and literature.

French language--Middle French, 1300-1600--Rhetoric.

French language.

Narration (Rhetoric)--History--16th century.

Romance fiction, French--History and criticism.

Romance fiction, French.

Literary form--History--16th century.

Romance fiction, French--History and criticism--16th century.

Characters and characteristics in literature--History.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 296 p. )

Edition:

Reprint 2016

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Provocative and wide-ranging, appealing to specialists in numerous fields, Critical Tales is the first collective volume of studies in English on the Heptameron.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Introduction

I. Generic Transformations and Graphic Transgressions

1. Inmost Cravings: The Logic of Desire in the Heptameron

2. Gender, Essence, and the Feminine (Heptameron 43)

3. The Rhetoric of Lyricism in the Heptameron

4. "La Malice des hommes" : "L'Histoire des satyres" and the Heptameron

5. The Graphics of Dissimulation: Between Heptameron 10 and l'histoire tragique

II. Narrative Systems and Structures

6. Modular Narrative and the Crisis of Interpretation

7. "Voyla, mes dames ..." : Inscribed Women Listeners and Readers in the Heptameron

8. Naked Narrator: Heptameron 62

9. Telling Secrets: Sacramental Confession and Narrative Authority in the Heptameron

10. The Voice of the Narrators in Marguerite de Navarre's Tales

11. Rules of the Game

III. Character and Community

12. Some Ways of Structuring Character in the Heptameron

13. The Heptameron and the "Magdalen Controversy": Dialogue and Humanist Hermeneutics

14. Writing the Body: Androgynous Strategies in the Heptameron

15. "Et puis, quelles nouvelles?": The Project of Marguerite's Unfinished Decameron

Critical Tales: An Epilogue

Selected Bibliography

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781512804171

1512804177

9780585113685

0585113688

OCLC:

979954688