Poetry and Fable - Studies in Mythological Narrative in Sixteenth-Century France

Klappentext This book is a major study of the development of French poetry in the Renaissance. Zusammenfassung This book is a major study of the development of French poetry in the Renaissance! which examines changes in style and vision by looking both at how poetry was read in this period and how it was written. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The Allegorical Tradition; 2. The Three Goddesses: Jean Lemaire de Belges; 3. Allegorical Interpretation in a Time of Change: from the Bible to Olympus; 4. The Three Goddesses: Francois Habert; Transition: Lection and Election; 5. A Preparation for Reading; 6. Jean-Antoine de Baif; 7. Pierre de Ronsard; Epilogue: the Three Goddesses again; Notes; Bibliography of works consulted; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Ann Moss
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521112147
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11214-7
• No. of pages: 196
• Series: Cambridge Studies in French
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies