Vernacular Literary Theory from the French of Medieval England (eBook, PDF)

Texts and Translations, c.1120-c.1450

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Excerpts from texts (with translation) from the French of medieval England offer a guide to medieval literary theory.

From the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries, French was one of England's main languages of literature, record, diplomacy and commerce and also its only supra-national vernacular. As is now recognised, the large corpus of England'sFrench texts and records is indispensable to understanding England's literary and cultural history, the multilingualism of early England, and European medieval French-language culture in general.
This volume presents a full, representative collection of texts and facing translations from England's medieval French. Through its selection of prologues and other excerpts from works composed or circulating in England, the volume presents a body of vernacular literary theory, in which some fifty-five highly various texts, from a range of genres, discuss their own origins, circumstances, strategies, source materials, purposes and audiences. Each entry, newly edited from a single manuscript, is accompanied by a headnote, annotation, and narrative bibliography, while a general introduction and section introductions provide further context and information. Also included are essays on French in England and onthe prosody and prose of insular French; Middle English versions of some of the edited French texts; and a glossary of literary terms.
By giving access to a literate culture hitherto available primarily only to Anglo-Norman specialists, this book opens up new possibilities for taking English francophony into account in research and teaching.

Jocelyn Wogan-Browne is Thomas F.X. and Theresa Mullarkey Chair in Literature, Fordham University, New York, and formerly Professor of Medieval Literature, University of York; Thelma Fenster is Professor Emerita of French and Medieval Studies, Fordham University; Delbert Russell is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of French, University of Waterloo.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Abingdon Press
• Seitenzahl: 610
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782048718
• Artikelnr.: 56248276

Autorenporträt

Jocelyn Wogan-Browne, Thelma Fenster, Delbert W. Russell

Inhaltsangabe

General Introduction Establishment of texts and translations, and
conventions used Part I Faus Franceis and Dreit Engleis: on Language De
Britain ki ore est apelé Engletere / About Britain which is now called
England A Nun of Barking Abbey, Le romanz de saint Edward, rei et confessur
/ The Vernacular Life of St Edward, King and Confessor, 1163-70, and its
prose remaniement Wace, Le Roman de Rou / The Romance of Rollo and the
Dukes of Normandy Hue de Rotelande, Ipomedon / The Romance of Ipomadon
Robert Grosseteste, Le Chasteau d'amour / The Castle of Love Waldef / The
Romance of Waldef Walter of Bibbesworth, Tretiz de Langage / How to Speak
French Manières de langage: Spoken French for Business 'Quant vus frez a
seignours...': Dictaminal Training attributed to Thomas Sampson 'Pur ceo
que j'estoie requis...' : Treatise on conveyancing John Barton, Donait
françois / The French Donatus Andrew Horn, Qui veut bone electioun faire
and La feste royale du Pui, from Liber custumarum / The Book of the Customs
of London John Gower, Mirour de l'omme / The Mirror of Humanity Part II Si
sa dame ne li aidast: authorship and the patron Benedeit, Le Voyage de
saint Brendan / The Voyage of St Brendan Gaimar, L'Estoire des Engleis /
The History of the English Adgar/William, Le Gracial / The Book of Grace
Guernes de Pont-Ste-Maxence, La Vie de Saint Thomas / The Life of St Thomas
Becket Simon of Walsingham, La Vie de sainte Fey virgine et martire / The
Life of St Faith, virgin and martyr Robert of Greatham, Miroir ou Evangile
des Domnees / Mirror or The Sunday Gospels Herman de Valenciennes, Li
Romanz de Dieu et de sa mere / The Romance of God and his Mother Sir Thomas
Gray of Heaton, Scalacronica / The Ladder Chronicle Part III Primes dirrum
la dreyte fey: the conduct of reading, hearing and seeing Guillaume le
Clerc de Normandie, Le Bestiaire divin / The Holy Bestiary La Destructioun
de Rome / The Destruction of Rome Pierre d'Abernon de Fetcham, Lumere as
lais / Light for Laypeople Apocalypse du manuscrit Lambeth: La Pénitence
illustrée / The Lambeth Apocalypse: Penitence Diagram Les Enfaunces de Jesu
Crist / The Childhood of Jesus Christ 'Par ceste figure l'en poet savoer...
' / 'Using this diagram, one can find out...' John of Hoveden, Rossignos /
The Nightingale St Edmund of Canterbury [ascribed], Mirour de seinte eglyse
/ Mirror of Holy Church Sermons on Joshua Angier of St Frideswide,
Dialogues de saint Gregoire / Dialogues of St Gregory the Great William
Waddington [ascribed], Le Manuel des pechiez / The Manual of Sins Part IV
Ki veult oïr: forming audiences and creating textual communities Wace, La
Vie de seint Nicolas / The Life of St Nicholas La Vie de seint Clement /
The Life of St Clement the Pope Commentary on the Chant des chanz /
Commentary on the Song of Songs Denis Piramus, La Vie Saint Edmund le Rey /
The Life of St Edmund the King Thomas of Kent, Le Roman de toute chevalerie
/Romance of the Best Chivalry (Alexander the Great) La Seinte Resurreccion
/ The Holy Resurrection Chardri, La Vie de seint Josaphaz / The Life of St
Josaphat Fouke le Fitz Waryn / The Romance of Fouke le Fitz Waryn 'Sicom
Aristotele nous dit' / Treatise on Menstruation 'Quant Deus out la femme
fete' / Ornatus mulierum Jofroi de Waterford and Servais Copale, Secré de
Secrez / The Secret of Secrets Le Miracle de Sardenai / The Miracle at
Sardenaia Jean de Mandeville [?], Le Livre des merveilles du monde / The
Book of the Wonders of the World 'Coment la Mesun de Crabhus...comencerunt'
/ 'How they founded the nunnery of Crabhouse' Part V Si come en latyn
trovay escrit: the lineage of the text Everart, Distichs of Cato Simund de
Freine, Roman de Philosophie / The Romance of Philosophy Sanson de Nantuil,
Les Proverbes de Salemon / Commentary on Solomon's Proverbs Rauf de Linham,
Kalender/Calender [Robert de Boron, Walter Map, ascribed], L'Estoire del
saint Graal / The History of the Holy Grail Walter de la Hove [?],
Chronique / The Mohun Chronicle Poème sur l'ancien testament /Poem on the
Old Testament Le Débat des hérauts d'armes de France et d'Angleterre / The
Debate between the Heralds of France and England Part VI Essays and
resources England and French Poetry and Prose in the French of England
Middle English Versions of French Entries Lists of Alternative Arrangements
of the Entries Glossary of literary terms Bibliography