Rewriting Arthurian Romance in Renaissance France: From Manuscript to Printed Book
Jane H M Taylor
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First comprehensive examination of the ways in which printers, publishers and booksellers adapted and rewrote Arthurian romance in early modern France, for new audiences and in new forms. Arthurian romance in Renaissance France has long been treated by modern critics as marginal - although manuscripts and printed volumes, adaptations and rewritings, show just how much writers, and especially publishers, saw its potential attractions for readers. This book is the first full-length study of what happens to Arthur at the beginning of the age of print. It explores the fascinations of Arthurian romance in the sixteenth and early seventeenth ... Read more
First comprehensive examination of the ways in which printers, publishers and booksellers adapted and rewrote Arthurian romance in early modern France, for new audiences and in new forms. Arthurian romance in Renaissance France has long been treated by modern critics as marginal - although manuscripts and printed volumes, adaptations and rewritings, show just how much writers, and especially publishers, saw its potential attractions for readers. This book is the first full-length study of what happens to Arthur at the beginning of the age of print. It explores the fascinations of Arthurian romance in the sixteenth and early seventeenth ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
Number of Pages
294
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843843658
SKU
V9781843843658
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About Jane H M Taylor
JANE H.M. TAYLOR is Emeritus Professor of French at Durham University.
Reviews for Rewriting Arthurian Romance in Renaissance France: From Manuscript to Printed Book
Theoretically informed, well documented, and comprehensive, Rewriting Arthurian Romance in Renaissance France provides a much-needed map with which to navigate a prolific textual production that was seen as anecdotal, in part because it did not fit traditional histories of literary culture in the Renaissance.
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This volume is a valuable tool for those interested in the power of ... Read more
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This volume is a valuable tool for those interested in the power of ... Read more