Debate and dialogue :: Alain Chartier in his cultural context /

Alain Chartier was one of medieval France's most influential writers, but has been overlooked by modern criticism. This is the first full-length study of his work in its cultural context. It reconsiders the French verse debates in particular, based on their material context of transmission and...

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Main Author: Cayley, Emma, 1974-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK : Clarendon Press, 2006.
Series:Oxford modern languages and literature monographs.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Alain Chartier was one of medieval France's most influential writers, but has been overlooked by modern criticism. This is the first full-length study of his work in its cultural context. It reconsiders the French verse debates in particular, based on their material context of transmission and on similarities with his French and Latin prose works. - ;In early humanist France two debating traditions converge: one literary and vernacular, one intellectual and conducted mainly via Latin epistles. Debate and Dialogue demonstrates how the two fuse in the vernacular verse debates of Alain Chartier.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 258 pages :)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-247) and index.
ISBN:9781435607200
1435607201
9780191537332
0191537330
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6611154744
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