Evelyn Birge Vitz Shaping Courtliness in Medieval France (Hardback) Gallica

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Shaping Courtliness in Medieval FranceCondition: NewSubtitle: Essays in Honor of Matilda Tomaryn BrucknerISBN-10: 1843843358EAN: 9781843843351ISBN: 9781843843351Publisher: D.S. BrewerFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 02/21/2013Description: The question of what medieval "courtliness" was, both as a literary influence and as a historical "reality", is debated in this volume.The concept of courtliness forms the theme of this collection of essays. Focused on works written in the Francophone world between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries, they examine courtliness as both an historical privilege and aliterary ideal, and as a concept that operated on and was informed by complex social and economic realities. Several essays reveal how courtliness is subject to satire or is the subject of exhortation in works intended for noblemen and women, not to mention ambitious bourgeois. Others, more strictly literary in their focus, explore the witty, thoughtful and innovative responses of writers engaged in the conscious process of elevating the new vernacular culture through the articulation of its complexities and contradictions. The volume as a whole, uniting philosophical, theoretical, philological, and cultural approaches, demonstrates that medieval "courtliness" is an ideal that fascinates us to this day. It is thus a fitting tribute to the scholarship of Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner, in its exploration of the prrofound and wide-ranging ideas that define her contribution to the field. DANIEL E O'SULLIVAN is Associate Professor of French at the University of Mississippi; LAURIE SHEPHARD is Associate Professor of Italian at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Contributors: Peter Haidu, Donald Maddox, Michel-André Bossy, Kristin Burr, Joan Tasker Grimbert, David Hult, Virgine Greene, Logan Whalen, Evelyn Birge Vitz, Elizabeth W. Poe, Daniel E. O'Sullivan, William Schenck, Nadia Margolis, Laine Doggett, E. Jane Burns, Nancy FreemanRegalado, Laurie Shephard, Sarah WhiteLanguage: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmContributor: Laurie Shepard (Edited by), Donald L Maddox (Contributions by), E. Jane Burns (Contributions by), Elizabeth W. Poe (Contributions by), Evelyn Birge Vitz (Contributions by), Joan Tasker Grimbert (Contributions by), Kristin L. Burr (Contributions by), Laine E Doggett (Contributions by), Laurie Shepard (Contributions by), Logan E. Whalen (Contributions by), Michel-André Bossy (Contributions by), Nadia Margolis (Contributions by), Nancy Freeman Regalado (Contributions by), Peter Haidu (Contributions by), Sarah White (Contributions by), Virginie Greene (Contributions by), William Schenck (Contributions by), David F Hult (Contributions by), Daniel E O'Sullivan (Edited by), Daniel E O'Sullivan (Contributions by)Genre: HistoryBook Series: GallicaItem Weight: 1gAuthor: Evelyn Birge VitzRelease Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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