A Bibliographical Guide to the Study of Troubadours and Old Occitan Literature

A Bibliographical Guide to the Study of Troubadours and Old Occitan Literature
Author: Robert A Taylor
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Total Pages: 594
Release: 2015-10-02
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1580442080

Although it seemed in the mid-1970s that the study of the troubadours and of Occitan literature had reached a sort of zenith, it has since become apparent that this moment was merely a plateau from which an intensive renewal was being launched. In this new bibliographic guide to Occitan and troubadour literature, Robert Taylor provides a definitive survey of the field of Occitan literary studies - from the earliest enigmatic texts to the fifteenth-century works of Occitano-Catalan poet Jordi de Sant Jordi - and treats over two thousand recent books and articles with full annotations. Taylor includes articles on related topics such as practical approaches to the language of the troubadours and the musicology of select troubadour songs, as well as articles situated within sociology, religious history, critical methodology, and psychoanalytical analysis. Each listing offers descriptive comments on the scholarly contribution of each source to Occitan literature, with remarks on striking or controversial content, and numerous cross-references that identify complementary studies and differing opinions. Taylor's painstaking attention to detail and broad knowledge of the field ensure that this guide will become the essential source for Occitan literary studies worldwide.

Chrétien de Troyes

Chrétien de Troyes
Author: Douglas Kelly
Publisher: Tamesis Books
Total Pages: 600
Release: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781855660830

The supplement to the 1976 original bibliography reflects the expanding scope of modern Chrétien studies, including items from around the world, with the assistance of an international team of scholars. The Supplement builds on and completes the Chrétien de Troyes Bibliography first published in 1976. Together the two volumes constitute the fullest and most complete bibliographical source now available on this major medieval author. Chrétien de Troyes bequeathed a corpus of highly original and widely influential Arthurian romances. Indeed, his direct or indirect influence continued throughout the middle ages and beyond into modern times. The Bibliographypermits students of medieval romance to quickly identify the areas in which Chrétien scholarship has been active. Items are listed under twenty-two topics, with numerous sub-sections under each topic, and cross-references for items that treat more than one of the topics. The broad geographic and linguistic scope of modern Chrétien studies is evident in items not only from western Europe and North America, but also from the growing body of medieval scholarship in eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and Australasia. To ensure accuracy and completeness, the editor has been assisted by scholars competent in the many languages in which Chrétien studies are now published, most notably in Japanese, Welsh, Rumanian, Hungarian and Polish, as well as by other scholars and librarians who generously provided assistance and information in finding items difficult to access.

Arthurian Bibliography IV

Arthurian Bibliography IV
Author: Elaine Barber
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780859916332

This fourth volume of entries, culled in the main from BBSIA, covers the years 1933 to 1998 inclusive. The cumulative volumes of the Bibliography offer an exhaustive author and title database of the burgeoning scholarship in this field.

The Arthur of the Italians

The Arthur of the Italians
Author:
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2014-04-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1783161582

This is the first comprehensive book on the Arthurian legend in medieval and Renaissance Italy since Edmund Gardner’s 1930 The Arthurian Legend in Italian Literature. Arthurian material reached all levels of Italian society, from princely courts with their luxury books and frescoed palaces, to the merchant classes and even popular audiences in the piazza, which enjoyed shorter retellings in verse and prose. Unique assemblages emerge on Italian soil, such as the Compilation of Rustichello da Pisa or the innovative Tavola Ritonda, in versions made for both Tuscany and the Po Valley. Chapters examine the transmission of the French romances across Italy; reworkings in various Italian regional dialects; the textual relations of the prose Tristan; narrative structures employed by Italian writers; later ottava rima poetic versions in the new medium of printed books; the Arthurian-themed art of the Middle Ages and Renaissance; and more. The Arthur of the Italians offers a rich corpus of new criticism by scholars who have brought the Italian Arthurian material back into critical conversation.

Marie de France and the Poetics of Memory

Marie de France and the Poetics of Memory
Author: Logan E. Whalen
Publisher: CUA Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2008
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0813215099

Marie de France and the Poetics of Memory presents the first exhaustive treatment of the rhetorical use of description and memory in all the narrative works of the late 12th-century poet, Marie de France--the first woman to compose literary texts in French.

The Inner Life of Women in Medieval Romance Literature

The Inner Life of Women in Medieval Romance Literature
Author: J. Rider
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2011-08-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0230339336

Exploration of the emotionologies of several medieval, romance emotional communities through both fictional and non-fictional narratives. The contributors analyze texts from different linguistic traditions and different periods, but they all focus on women characters.

"Contez me tout"

Author: Catherine Bel
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
Total Pages: 998
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789042917187

A l'occasion de l'emeritat de Herman Braet, professeur de litterature medievale francaise et occitane aux universites d'Anvers et de Louvain, de nombreux collegues belges et etrangers ont souhaite contribuer au volume d'hommages Contez me tout. Ce recueil propose un itineraire passionnant a travers les investigations les plus recentes, principalement en langue, en litterature et en iconographie du Moyen Age, tant dans le domaine francais qu'occitan. Par son titre comme par les contributions qui le composent, il rend hommage a l'infatigable chercheur qu'est Herman Braet qui, depuis pres de quarante ans, parcourt la litterature et le monde en quete de savoir et d'images. Son portrait scientifique ainsi que sa bibliographie actualisee completent ces hommages.