| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 232 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-221) and index. |
| Contents |
The highs and lows of structuralist reading / François Rigolot -- Rabelais' strength and the pitfalls of methodology / Michel Jeanneret -- "Blonde chef, grande conqueste" / Ann Rosalind Jones -- Louise Labé's feminist poetics / Carla Freccero -- Reading and writing in the tenth story of the Heptaméron / Floyd Gray -- Fetishism and storytelling in the Nouvelle 57 of Marguerite de Navarre's Heptaméron / Nancy Frelick -- Creative choreography / Malcolm Quainton -- An overshadowed valediction / Thomas Greene -- "De l'amitié" / Ann Moss -- Montaigne's death sentences / Lawrence Kritzman. |
| Summary |
The aim of this book is to introduce the modern student to readings of French Renaissance literature, drawing on the perspectives of contemporary literary theories. The volume is organized by paired readings of five major sixteenth-century French writers, with interpretations covering, among others, structuralism, semiotics, feminism and psychoanalysis. Linking these interpretations is a constant interest in problems such as the role of the reader, the nature of the text and the question of gender. The Introduction contextualizes the encounter between literary theory and Renaissance texts by using the contributions as pivotal points in the development of critical thinking about this period in early modern literature. All foreign language quotations are translated into English, and the book is intended to be of practical interest to a wide range of readers, from modern linguists to those studying critical theory, comparative literature or cultural history. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
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. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Text in English and French. |
| Subject |
French literature -- 16th century -- History and criticism.
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French literature. |
| Chronological Term |
16th century |
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1500-1599 |
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Renässansen |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
O'Brien, John, 1954- editor.
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Quainton, Malcolm, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Distant voices still heard. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2000 0853237859 9780853237853 (DLC) 2001431769 (OCoLC)45486585 |
| ISBN |
9781846312977 (electronic book) |
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1846312973 (electronic book) |
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0853237859 |
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0853237956 (paperback) |
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9780853237853 |
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9780853237952 (paperback) |
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