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Book SynopsisA Companion to Alain Chartier: Father of French Eloquence brings together fourteen contributions that offer a range of perspectives and insights into the works of this exceptional late medieval author. As heir to the past and herald of the future, Chartier reinvented the traditional, whether in Latin or French, verse or prose. Chartier’s open-ended, dialogic works and his own politically-engaged writing inspired his successors to think and write in new ways about ethics, the individual’s role in society, relationships between men and women, and the responsibility of a poet to his/her audience. As these essays show, Chartier’s renovation of poetic form and content had considerable influence over successive generations of writers in France and across Europe. Contributors are: Adrian Armstrong, Florence Bouchet, Emma Cayley, Daisy Delogu, Ashby Kinch, James C. Laidlaw, Marta Marfany, Deborah McGrady, Joan E. McRae, Jean-Claude Mühlethaler, Liv Robinson, Camille Serchuk, Andrea Tarnowski, Craig Taylor, and Hanno Wijsman.
Trade Review“This is an extraordinarily useful collection of essays that will be of interest to Chartier experts and newcomers alike. It engages with the major critics and trends in Charterian scholarship, opening it up in new directions and suggesting possibilities for yet further research […]. Each individual essay makes a unique contribution while also coinciding with the volume’s overall aims; the collection’s thorough citations will be valuable to any scholar, as will the selected bibliography of primary and secondary sources.” Kathleen A. Loysen, Montclair State University. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 70, No. 2 (Summer 2017), pp. 645-646.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Contributors List of Figures List of Abbreviations Introduction Daisy Delogu, Joan E. McRae, and Emma Cayley SECTION 1 -- CHARTIER IN HIS CULTURAL, LITERARY, AND MATERIAL CONTEXT 1. Alain Chartier: A Historical and Biographical Overview James Laidlaw 2. Alain Chartier’s Singularity, Or How Sources Make an Author Andrea Tarnowski 3. The Bilingual Chartier: Authorial Duality and Identity in the French and Latin œuvre of Alain Chartier Emma Cayley with the collaboration of HannoWijsman 4. The Illuminated Manuscripts of the Works of Alain Chartier Camille Serchuk SECTION 2 -- APPROACHES TO CHARTIER 5. Performance and Polemic: Gender and Emotion in the Works of Alain Chartier Daisy Delogu 6. Alain Chartier and Chivalry: Debating Knighthood in the Context of the Hundred Years War Craig Taylor 7. Alain Chartier, Political Writer Jean-Claude Mühlethaler SECTION 3 -- TEXTUAL COMMUNITIES 8. “Que tous se rallïent”: Alain Chartier, Pierre de Nesson, and the Poetics of Peace Deborah McGrady 9. A Community of Readers: The Quarrel of the Belle Dame sans mercy Joan McRae 10. The Manuscript and the Print Tradition Liv Robinson SECTION 4 -- CHARTERIAN INFLUENCE 11. Alain Chartier and Medieval Catalan Literature Marta Marfany 12. Chartier’s European Influence Ashby Kinch 13. Alain Chartier and the Rhétoriqueurs Adrian Armstrong 14. A Good Carter as Guide: Imitating Alain Chartier (15th century – early 17th century) Florence Bouchet Bibliography Index
