Description
Book SynopsisIn late medieval and early modern times, books, as well as the people who produced and read (or listened to) them, moved between regions, social circles, and languages with relative ease. Yet, in the multilingual Low Countries, francophone literature was both internationally mobile and firmly rooted in local soil. The five contributions collected in this volume demonstrate that while in general issues of 'otherness' were resolved without difficulty, at other times (linguistic) differences were perceived as a heartfelt reality. Texts and books in French, Latin, and Dutch were as interrelated and mobile as their authors. As awareness of the francophone literature of the medieval and early modern Low Countries continues to grow, texts in all three languages will be ever more firmly connected in an intricate and multilingual weave.
Trade Review"[...] a collection of excellently researched essays, whose authors make an important scholarly contribution that experts will greatly appreciate."
- Adrian van den Hoven,
Canadian Journal of Netherlandic Studies, Vol. 42, Iss. 1
Table of ContentsEen bouc in walsche, a Book Written in French. Francophone Literature in the Low Countries (1200-1600) (ALISA VAN DE HAAR & DIRK SCHOENAERS)
French Literature in Mono- and Multilingual Social Contexts. The Production and Reception of French Literary Manuscripts in Thirteenth-Century Flanders (LISA DEMETS)
Compilation as Palimpsest. Tracing Origins of the Histoire ancienne jusqu’à César in the Liber Floridus (HANNAH MORCOS)
Brabant, Holland, and Confession in the Cent Nouvelles nouvelles. Regional Stereotypes and Proverbial Commonplaces (CATHERINE EMERSON)
From Lyons to Antwerp. Paris et Vienne in the Low Countries (ANA PAIRET)
Le roman médiéval d’expression française dans les anciens Pays-Bas entre 1550 et 1600 (RENAUD ADAM)
