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Author_Malcolm Quainton
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Chambre Des Comptes
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Charles VIII
Denis Janot
Early Modern French Writing
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Entry Theatre
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French Renaissance literature
Full Page Miniature
gaston
Guillaume De Machaut
Holy Innocents
Jean Bouchet
Jean De Tournes
La Vierge
Le Hir
literary material culture
manuscript studies
Marot's Translation
Marot’s Translation
Martial's Text
Martial’s Text
martin
material textuality
Ou La
Palais Royal
paratextual analysis
pierre
Pierre Gringore
poetic forms in early modern France
PUF
raynaud
royal
Simon Vostre
Studi Francesi
Tableaux Vivants
text-image relationships
tournes
University Of Wisconsin
Van Der Noot
Willow Grove
Product details
- ISBN 9780754655909
- Weight: 476g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Dec 2006
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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In recent years, literary scholars have come increasingly to acknowledge that an adequate understanding of texts requires the study of books, the material objects through which the meanings of texts are constructed. Focusing on French poetry in the period 1400-1600, contributors to this volume analyze layout, illustration, graphology, paratext, typography, anthologization, and other such elements in works by a variety of writers, among them Charles d'Orléans, Jean Bouchet, Pierre de Ronsard and Louise Labé. They demonstrate how those elements play a crucial role in shaping the relationships between authors, texts, contexts, and readers, and how these relationships change as the nature of the book evolves. An introduction to the volume outlines the methodological implications of studying the materiality of literature in this period; situates the various papers in relation to each other and to the field as a whole; and indicates possible future directions of research in the field. By engaging with issues of major current methodological concern, this volume appeals to all scholars interested in the materiality of the literary text, including the burgeoning field of text-image studies, not only in French but also in other national literatures. In addition, it enables fruitful connections to be made between late-medieval and Renaissance literature, areas still often studied in isolation from each other.
Adrian Armstrong is Professor of French at the University of Manchester, UK. Malcolm Quainton is Professor Emeritus in the Department of European Languages and Cultures, University of Lancaster, UK.
