'Chartier in Europe' is the first sustained enquiry into the distinctive influence of the fifteenth-century French poet and diplomat, Alain Chartier, on the reading and writing cultures of England, Italy, Scotland, and Spain,as well as France. Opening with essays that assess Chartier's own construction of an authoritative voice, the volume then analyses the transmission and reception context of his Latin and French prose and poetry, and examines the ways in which the translation of his work into other vernaculars shaped his burgeoning reputation. Established and younger scholars from the fields of English, French, History, Scottish and Hispanic studies build a cross-disciplinary approach that illuminates Chartier's importance not only in the realm of French literature but in the evolution of a wider European literature. In addition, Chartier in Europe presents a full bibliography of published work on Chartier and includes a foreword by James Laidlaw, the first modern editor of Chartier's complete French poetical works.
Author(s): Emma Cayley, Ashby Kinch (eds.)
Series: Gallica, 11
Publisher: D. S. Brewer
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 228
City: Woodbridge
Foreword / JAMES LAIDLAW vii
List of Contributors viii
Acknowledgements ix
List of Abbreviations x
Introduction / EMMA CAYLEY AND ASHBY KINCH 1
Part I: Authorising Chartier
1. Boethius as Model for Rewriting Sources in Alain Chartier’s 'Livre de l’Esperance' / DOUGLAS KELLY 15
2. 'Vox Dei, vox poetae': The Bible in the 'Quadrilogue invectif' / FLORENCE BOUCHET 31
3. 'Car rompre vault pis que ployer': Proverbial Pleasure in 'La Belle Dame sans mercy' / DANA SYMONS 45
4. Alain Chartier’s 'Livre des Quatre Dames' and the Mechanics of Allegory / BARBARA K. ALTMANN 61
Part II: Transmitting Chartier
5. 'Ainchois maintien des dames la querelle': Poetry, Politics and Mastery in the Manuscript Tradition of Alain Chartier / EMMA CAYLEY 75
6. Cyclifi cation and the Circulation of the 'Querelle de la Belle Dame sans mercy' / JOAN E. MCRAE 91
7. The Early Reception of Chartier’s Works in England and Scotland / JULIA BOFFEY 105
Part III: Translating Chartier
8. From 'Invectivo' to 'Inventivo': Reading Chartier’s 'Quadrilogue invectif' in Fifteenth-Century Castile / CLARA PASCUAL-ARGENTE 119
9. William Worcester Reads Alain Chartier: 'Le Quadrilogue invectif' and its English Readers / CATHERINE NALL 135
10. The dit amoureux, Alain Chartier, and the 'Belle Dame sans mercy' Cycle in Scotland: John Rolland’s 'The Court of Venus' / WILLIAM CALIN 149
11. 'La Crudele in amore': Carlo del Nero Reads 'La Belle Dame sans mercy' / ASHBY KINCH 165
Bibliography 183
Index 205
