French Eloquence in Verse

Poetry and Communication in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

629 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar. Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.

The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries saw a significant rhetorical shift that has long influenced French literature. In this period, poets began to describe themselves as orators. Their verse was addressed to various audiences, both real or fictional. It was judged on its eloquence, public utility, and ability to engage with contemporary concerns and events. This book endeavours to shed light on this unique moment of interplay between poetry and communication, through an interdisciplinary framework that draws on approaches from rhetoric, philology, and communication studies. Through eight case studies, this book explores a little-known history of French literature, from George Chastelain to Ronsard, including poets such as Guillaume Cretin, Jean Lemaire de Belges, Octovien de Saint-Gelais, Jean Molinet, Jean Bouchet, Nicaise Ladam and François Habert.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-02-20
Mått148 x 210 x undefined mm
Vikt329 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor188
FörlagPeter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
ISBN9783034350570

Tillhör följande kategorier

Poesi inom Skönlitteratur

Estelle DOUDET, full professor at the University of Lausanne, specializes in French literature from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries. Her research focuses on the era of poet-orators. Author of 30 works and 250 articles, she leads international projects funded by the SNSF, such as Medialiterature and Capturing the Present.Lucien DUGAZ is a member of the SNSF project Medialiterature (Lausanne). He is currently studying the concept of minores in French literature around 1500, based on a corpus of little-known occasional poetry. He also edited several texts by Christine de Pizan (Écrire d’amour, parler de soi, 2023; Le Livre des fais d’armes et de chevalerie, 2021).

Contents Estelle Doudet & Lucien Dugaz When Poetry Was Rhetoric PART I Successes and Failures in Communication Ellen Delvallée Guillaume Cretin and the Practice of Invective Discourse Estelle Doudet Chastelain’s Scenarios to Amending Miscommunication in Poetry PART II Allegory as a Poetic and Rhetorical Device Dariusz Krawczyk Eloquence of Unveiling: Allegorical Temples and Spiritual Discourse in François Habert’s Work Nathalie Dauvois Prosopopœia, Rhetoric and Political Engagement, from Jean Bouchet to Pierre de Ronsard Part III Authorship and Authority Benedetta Salvati Authorship and Agency in Nicaise Ladam’s Poetry Lucien Dugaz ‘Rendre à Octovien…’: Attributing the Dame sans sy and the Trois Bussines to Octovien de Saint-Gelais PART IV Poetry among the Arts Adeline Desbois-Ientile How does Poetry Communicate? Molinet and Lemaire’s Opposing Views on Music Notes on Contributors References Index of names Index of poetical and rhetorical notions Index of cited manuscripts