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Writers in Conflict in Sixteenth-Century France

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Essays studying the dominant theme of conflict in cultural, literary and religious life in France in the sixteenth-century, revealed through nuanced analyses of the writings of contemporary authors.
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These essays written to celebrate the distinguished career of Renassiance scholar, Professor Malcolm Quainton, confirm the idea that the sixteenth-century in France was deeply marked by conflict, but readers expecting to find a volume wholly devoted to studies of war and religious disputation will be intrigued to discover that these rare not the only topics discussed.

A number of subtle analyses reveal the stresses of internal conflict experienced by writers and woven into the fabric of their compositions. The three sections focus respectively on living and writing in conflict, the Wars of Religion, and intertextuality as conflict. Subjects include Ronard, Baïf, Du Bellay, D’Aubigné, sonnets by Mary Queen of Scots and the political role of court festivities, while a previously unknown riposte to Clément Marot is first published here.

This book will appeal to scholars and students of French language, literature and culture, and sixteenth-century European history.

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Price: £85.00
Pages: 492
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Publication Date: 31 October 2012
ISBN: 9780719085871
Format: Paperback
BISACs:

HISTORY / Europe / France, Literary studies: general, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century

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Elizabeth Vinestock is a Lecturer in French at Lancaster University. David Foster was a Lecturer at the University of Lancaster until his death in 2007. .

Notes on contributors
Preface
Publication by Malcolm Quainton
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction- Neil Kenny
Conflits et évasion dans ‘Les isles fortunées’- Daniel Ménager
When Petrarchan errors become become political crimes- François Rigolot
Ronsard et les astres- Philip Ford
Fortune in conflict- Tom Conley
‘L’argent, c’est la vie. Monnaie fait tout’- David Foster
‘J’ose attaquer les plus mutins’- Elizabeth Vinestock
Jean-Antoine de Baïf face au masscre de la Saint-Barthélemy- Jean Vignes
Des prêches, des armes et des livres- Anne-Pascale Pouey-Mounou
Ce foudre rougissant acere de fureur- Gisele Mathieu-Castellani
A conflict of interest?- Pauline M. Smith
Fêtes- Margaret M. McGowan
Intestinal disorders- John O’Brien
‘Bon heretique’- Richard Cooper
Un essai d’hymnaire catholique- Jean Céard
Pandora at the crossroads- Ann Moss
Jeux de refus et d’opposition, jeux de ténèbres et de lumière dans ‘L’Olive’- George Hugo Tucker
Poitiers to Paris- Adrian Armstrong
Bibliography
Index nominum
Index rerum
Tabula gratulatoria