Writer''s Gift Or the Patron''s Pleasure? The Literary Economy in Late Medieval France

The Writer's Gift or the Patron's Pleasure? argues that the French King Charles V’s unprecedented enthusiasm for the literary commission triggered a crucial, multi-generational debate within the book community about how a work’s status as solicited or unsolicited affected its value and purpose.

About the author

Deborah McGrady is an associate professor of French at the University of Virginia.

Summary

The Writer's Gift or the Patron's Pleasure? argues that the French King Charles V’s unprecedented enthusiasm for the literary commission triggered a crucial, multi-generational debate within the book community about how a work’s status as solicited or unsolicited affected its value and purpose.

Product details

• Authors: Deborah L. McGrady, Deborah McGrady
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 30.11.2018
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology
• EAN: 9781487503659
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-0365-9
• Pages: 366
• Subjects: Frankreich, Christi Geburt bis 1500 nach Chr., Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, HISTORY / Medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, History - General History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading