| Writers in Conflict in Sixteenth-Century France: Essays in Honour of Malcolm Quainton Contributor(s): Vinestock, Elizabeth (Editor), Foster, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 071908587X ISBN-13: 9780719085871 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $121.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - History | Europe - France - History | Modern - 16th Century |
| Dewey: 840.900 |
| LCCN: 2013443230 |
| Series: Durham Modern Languages |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.15 lbs) 492 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: These essays written to celebrate the distinguished career of Renassiance scholar, Professor Malcolm Quainton, confirm the idea that the sixteenth-century in France was deeply marked by conflict, but readers expecting to find a volume wholly devoted to studies of war and religious disputation will be intrigued to discover that these rare not the only topics discussed. A number of subtle analyses reveal the stresses of internal conflict experienced by writers and woven into the fabric of their compositions. The three sections focus respectively on living and writing in conflict, the Wars of Religion, and intertextuality as conflict. Subjects include Ronard, Baïf, Du Bellay, D'Aubigné, sonnets by Mary Queen of Scots and the political role of court festivities, while a previously unknown riposte to Clément Marot is first published here. This book will appeal to scholars and students of French language, literature and culture, and sixteenth-century European history. |