Del 23 - Studies in Medieval Romance

Mélusine Romance in Medieval Europe

Translation, Circulation, and Material Contexts

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

AvLydia Zeldenrust,Lydia (Royalty Account) Zeldenrust

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The legend of Mélusine examined in a pan-European context.Readers have long been fascinated by the enigmatic figure of Mélusine - a beautiful fairy woman cursed to transform into a half-serpent once a week, whose part-monstrous sons are the ancestor of several European noble houses. This study is the first to consider how this romance developed from a local legend to European bestseller, analysing versions in French, German, Castilian, Dutch, and English. It addresses questions on how to study medieval literature from a European perspective, moving beyond national canons, and reading Mélusine's bodily mutability as a metaphor for how the romance itself moves and transforms across borders. It also analyses key changes to the romance's content, form, and material presentation - including its images - and traces how the people who produced and consumed this romance shaped its international transmission and spread. The author shows how Mélusine's character is adapted within each local context, while also uncovering previously unknown connections between the different branches of this multilingual tradition. Moving beyond established paradigms of separate national traditions, manuscript versus print, and medieval versus Renaissance literature, the book integrates literary analysis with art historical and book historical approaches.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-01-17
Mått156 x 234 x 24 mm
Vikt552 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in Medieval Romance
Antal sidor285
FörlagBoydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN9781843845218

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Introduction: Mutations of MélusineChapter 1: The French Mélusine and Roman de ParthenayTextual Witnesses: Audience, Variance, Selected CorpusMélusine: God's Marvellous MonsterCareful Plotting: Revealing Mélusine's Curse and Fairy NatureFrom Half-Serpent to Serpent: Hybridity and TransformationInheriting Monstrosity: Mélusine's SonsChapter 2: The German MelusineFrom Manuscript to Print: Audiences, Images, and Textual StabilityMelusine the Ideal Christian FairySerpent or Half-Serpent?Melusine the Monstrous MotherChapter 3: The Castilian MelosinaThe 1489 Edition by Parix and CleblatThe 1526 Edition by the CrombergersKey Transformations in Style and ParatextMelosina: More Fairy than Human?A Catholic WeddingDuality Versus AnimalityDepicting/Recycling the Monstrous Body: Melosina's SonsChapter 4: The Dutch MeluzineThe 1491 Edition by Gheraert LeeuThe 1510 Edition by Henrick Eckert van HomberchThe 1602 Edition by Hieronymus I VerdussenA Hybrid Translation: How, Why, and Which Source?More Human than FairyBecoming the AnimalIncreased Focus on HybridityChapter 5: The English Melusine and PartenayThe Prose MelusineThe Printed Melusine FragmentsThe Verse PartenayWhy Translations of Both Versions?Translation Strategies: Content versus Form'ryght as the frenshe wil yiff me evidence': Invisibility and Close TranslationMelusine and Her Part-Monstrous SonsConclusion: Mélusine's European DimensionsAppendix: Manuscripts and Printed Editions of the Various Mélusine Versions (up to c. 1600)