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Amphion Orator : How the Royal Odes of François de Malherbe Reimagine the French Nation / Michael Taormina
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taormina, Michael, Author.
- Series:
- Biblio 17 224
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- François de Malherbe.
- eloquence.
- rhetoric.
- encomium.
- ethos.
- virtue.
- magnanimity.
- great soul.
- literary patronage.
- lyric poetry.
- wars of religion.
- noble identity.
- classical mythology.
- French nation.
- poetic sequence.
- hero cycle.
- kingship.
- Bourbons.
- Henri IV.
- Marie de Médicis.
- Louis XII.
- Local Subjects:
- François de Malherbe.
- eloquence.
- rhetoric.
- encomium.
- ethos.
- virtue.
- magnanimity.
- great soul.
- literary patronage.
- lyric poetry.
- wars of religion.
- noble identity.
- classical mythology.
- French nation.
- poetic sequence.
- hero cycle.
- kingship.
- Bourbons.
- Henri IV.
- Marie de Médicis.
- Louis XII.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tübingen Narr Francke Attempto Verlag 2021
- Biography/History:
- Michael Taormina is an Associate Professor of French Michael Taormina is an Associate Professor of French Literature, Culture and Language in the Romance Languages Department at Hunter College, CUNY. His research explores the intersection of eloquence, patronage, and noble identity in French lyric poetry of the early seventeenth century, and he has published articles on the work of Théophile de Viau, Saint-Amant, and Vincent Voiture. He is also a translator of French theatre and philosophy. He holds a Ph.D. in French and Romance Philology from Columbia University.
- Summary:
- This new approach to Malherbe's odes interweaves political, cultural, rhetorical, and literary history to show how they constitute a unified sequence whose ambition is to forge a new national community in the aftermath of the Wars of Religion, dislodging Malherbe from his moribund critical reception as a grammarian and technician and recovering the brilliance of a poetic genius whose political mythmaking stems from an impassioned patriotism.
- Contents:
- Preface Introduction Part I. Praising the Great Soul Chapter 1. Literary Patronage Chapter 2. The Evolution of Noble Identity Chapter 3. The Search for Royal Eloquence Part II. The Sequence of Royal Odes Chapter 4. The Return of Astraea Chapter 5. The Trials of the King Chapter 6. Triumph and Death Chapter 7. The Goddess of War and Peace Chapter 8. The Prophecy Fulfilled Conclusion Bibliography
- Notes:
- [1. Auflage]
- ISBN:
- 3-8233-9464-9
- Publisher Number:
- 9783823394648
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