Deborah McGrady

The Writer's Gift or the Patron's Pleasure?

The Literary Economy in Late Medieval France

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 682g
• ISBN-13: 9781487503659
• ISBN-10: 1487503652
• Artikelnr.: 52422262

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Rethinking Literary Patronage in a Medieval Context
1. King Charles V’s Sapientia Project: From the Construction of the Louvre
Library to the Books He Commissioned
2. The Writer’s Work: Translating Charles V’s Literary Clientelism into
Learned Terms
3. Guillaume de Machaut’s Fictions of Engagement
4. Eustache Deschamps on the Duties and Dues of Poetry
5. The Pursuit of Sponsorship: From Christine de Pizan’s Troubled Dealings
with Louis of Orléans to Marketing Nostalgia
6. The Curse of the Commission: Christine de Pizan on Sacrificing Charles
V’s Biography
Conclusion
Bibliography