Court And Humour In The French Renaissance

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Court and Humour in the French Renaissance

Author : Sarah Alyn Stacey
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9783039105595
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Court and Humour in the French Renaissance written by Sarah Alyn Stacey and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2009 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays by thirteen renowned specialists in the fields of French Renaissance literature and history is a fitting tribute to the scholarship of Pauline Smith, Emeritus Professor in French at the University of Hull and Research Associate of the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Trinity College, Dublin. The essays, which focus on areas of research to which Professor Smith has herself given - and continues to give - particular attention, are organised into two frequently converging strands: court and humour. The contributors engage with political and cultural issues at the heart of the construction and aesthetic expression of the French Renaissance, whilst also offering insights into the broader European context. The collection as a whole challenges and revises a number of established views and identifies paths for future research.

Old Comedy in the French Renaissance, 1576-1620

Author : Donald Perret
Publisher : Librairie Droz
ISBN 13 : 9782600036900
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book Old Comedy in the French Renaissance, 1576-1620 written by Donald Perret and published by Librairie Droz. This book was released on 1992 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

French Renaissance Comedy, 1552-1630

Author : Brian Jeffery
Publisher : Oxford : Clarendon P.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book French Renaissance Comedy, 1552-1630 written by Brian Jeffery and published by Oxford : Clarendon P.. This book was released on 1969 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Humour and Humanism in the Renaissance

Author : Barbara C. Bowen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000948412
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Humour and Humanism in the Renaissance written by Barbara C. Bowen and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-07 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the articles in this volume, eight concern a world-famous author (François Rabelais); the others are studies of little-known authors (Cortesi, Corrozet, Mercier) or genres (the joke, the apophthegm). The common theme, in all but one, is humour: how it was defined, and how used, by orators and humanists but also by court jesters, princes, peasants and housewives. Though neglected by historians, this subject was of crucial importance to writers as different as Luther, Erasmus, Thomas More and François Rabelais. The book is divided into four sections. 'Humanist Wit' concerns the large and multi-lingual corpus of Renaissance facetiae. The second and third parts focus on French humanist humour, Rabelais in particular, while the last section is titled '"Serious" Humanists' because humour is by no means absent from it. For the Renaissance, as Erasmus and Rabelais amply demonstrate, and as the 'minor' authors studied here confirm, wit, whether affectionate or bitingly satirical, can coexist with, and indeed be inseparable from, serious purpose. Rabelais, as so often, said it best: 'Rire est le propre de l'homme.'

French Renaissance Comedy 1552-1603

Author : Brian Jeffery
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (221 download)

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Download or read book French Renaissance Comedy 1552-1603 written by Brian Jeffery and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

French Wit and Humor

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book French Wit and Humor written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The French Renaissance in England

Author : Sir Sidney Lee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The French Renaissance in England written by Sir Sidney Lee and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

French Comic Drama from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century

Author : Geoffrey Brereton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100057900X
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book French Comic Drama from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century written by Geoffrey Brereton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-04-24 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In tracing the course of French comedy from the Renaissance, through the age of Louis XIV and the eighteenth century, to the eve of the Revolution, originally published in 1977, Geoffrey Brereton shows how it evolved from the crude farces and experimental plays of the sixteenth century to become a rich and highly sophisticated dramatic genre. The main emphasis is on the work of the principal dramatists, notably Molière (whose plays and career are given a detailed and enlightening treatment), Corneille, Scarron, Marivaux and Beaumarchais, with some space devoted to the more neglected writers, such as the ‘cynical generation’ of Dancourt, Regnard, Lesage and others; and all the plays are seen in the context of the theatrical conventions that helped to shape them. Different types of comedy are analysed, including comedy of character and of manners, as well as the romantic, burlesque and bourgeois forms and the development of the opéra-comique. At the same time Dr Brereton examines the influences on French comedy – influences as varied as those of the farce, the Italian commedia dell’arte, the Spanish comedia and the eighteenth century drame – and the way in which these were absorbed and exploited by French comic dramatists. Since comedy, more than any other kind of drama, reflects the contemporary social scene, attention is drawn to social conditions and attitudes, and some of the more striking parallels with modern social preoccupations are pointed out. Written in a very lively and readable style, and containing much stimulating and original comment, as well as providing the basic facts, it gives a considerable insight into the nature of French comedy during its most formative and fruitful period. A substantial bibliography and other reference material increase the usefulness of this book to the student of French drama.

Enter Rabelais, Laughing

Author : Barbara C. Bowen
Publisher : Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826513069
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Enter Rabelais, Laughing written by Barbara C. Bowen and published by Vanderbilt University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Francois Rabelais (1483?-1553) is a difficult and often misunderstood author, whose reputation for coarse "Rabelaisian" jesting and "Gargantuan" indulgence in food, drink, and sex is highly misleading. He was in fact a committed humanist who expressed strong views on religion, good government, education, and much more through the mock-heroic adventures of his giants. While most books about Rabelais have relatively little to say about his comedic genius, Enter Rabelais, Laughing analyses the many sides of Rabelais's humor, focusing on why his writing was so hilariously funny to sixteenth-century readers. The author begins by discussing how the Renaissance defined laughter and situates Rabelais in a long tradition of literary laughter. Subsequent chapters examine specific contexts relevant to Gargantua and Pantagruel, beginning with the comic aspects of epic, chronicle, mock-epic, and farce, and proceeding to Renaissance and Reformation humanist satire, rhetoric, medicine, and law. All of these chapters combine information, much of it new, on the humanist message Rabelais wanted to convey to his readers, with an analysis of how he used his wit to reinforce his message. Rarely is a writer's work treated in such illuminating detail. On a broad level, Enter Rabelais, Laughing serves as an excellent introduction to French Renaissance literature and exhibits a remarkably charming and lucid writing style, free of jargon. To Rabelais scholars in particular it offers a thorough and innovative analysis that corrects misconceptions and questions commonly held views.

The Literature of the French Renaissance

Author : Arthur Tilley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107505569
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book The Literature of the French Renaissance written by Arthur Tilley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-21 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1904, this book forms part of a two-volume set examining the development of literature during the French Renaissance. Taken together, the volumes cover the period 1525 to 1605, incorporating detailed information on numerous works and key literary figures, beginning with Francis I and his court and moving through to Mathurin Régnier. Both volumes were written by the renowned Cambridge literary critic and classicist Arthur Tilley (1851-1942). These books will be of value to anyone with an interest in French literature and the Renaissance.

The Palgrave Handbook of Humour, History, and Methodology

Author : Daniel Derrin
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030566463
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of Humour, History, and Methodology written by Daniel Derrin and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook addresses the methodological problems and theoretical challenges that arise in attempting to understand and represent humour in specific historical contexts across cultural history. It explores problems involved in applying modern theories of humour to historically-distant contexts of humour and points to the importance of recognising the divergent assumptions made by different academic disciplines when approaching the topic. It explores problems of terminology, identification, classification, subjectivity of viewpoint, and the coherence of the object of study. It addresses specific theories, together with the needs of specific historical case-studies, as well as some of the challenges of presenting historical humour to contemporary audiences through translation and curation. In this way, the handbook aims to encourage a fresh exploration of methodological problems involved in studying the various significances both of the history of humour and of humour in history.

The English Versions of the Ship of Fools

Author : Aurelius Cornelis Gerard Pompen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The English Versions of the Ship of Fools written by Aurelius Cornelis Gerard Pompen and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

French Renaissance and Baroque Drama

Author : Michael Meere
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1611495490
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book French Renaissance and Baroque Drama written by Michael Meere and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifteen articles in this volume highlight the richness, diversity, and experimental nature of French and Francophone drama before the advent of what would become known as neoclassical French theater of the seventeenth century. In essays ranging from conventional stage plays (tragedies, comedies, pastoral, and mystery plays) to court ballets, royal entrances, and meta- and para-theatrical writings of the period from 1485 to 1640, French Renaissance and Baroque Drama: Text, Performance, Theory seeks to deepen and problematize our knowledge of texts, co-texts, and performances of drama from literary-historical, artistic, political, social, and religious perspectives. Moreover, many of the articles engage with contemporary theory and other disciplines to study this drama, including but not limited to psychoanalysis, gender studies, anthropology, and performance theory. The diversity of the essays in their methodologies and objects of study, none of which is privileged over any other, bespeaks the various types of drama and the numerous ways we can study them.

Humour in the Arts

Author : Vivienne Westbrook
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429849885
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Humour in the Arts written by Vivienne Westbrook and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-27 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection demonstrates the usefulness of approaching texts—verbal, visual and aural—through a framework of humour. Contributors offer in-depth discussions of humour in the West within a wider cultural historical context to achieve a coherent, chronological sense of how humour proceeds from antiquity to modernity. Reading humorously reveals the complexity of certain aspects of texts that other reading approaches have so far failed to reveal. Humour in the Arts explores humour as a source of cultural formation that engages with ethical, political, and religious controversies whilst acquainting readers with a wide range of humorous structures and strategies used across Western cultures.

The French Humourists

Author : Walter Besant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The French Humourists written by Walter Besant and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dogs' Tales

Author : Hugh Gerald Arthur Roberts
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9042020040
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Dogs' Tales written by Hugh Gerald Arthur Roberts and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2006 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sleeping rough, having sex in public and insulting the most powerful men in the world earned the ancient Cynic or 'dog' philosophers fame and infamy in antiquity and beyond. This book reveals that French Renaissance texts feature a rich and varied set of responses to the Dogs, including especially Diogenes of Sinope (4th century B.C.), whose life was a subversive performance combining wisdom and wisecracks. Cynicism is a special case in the renewal of interest in ancient philosophy at this time, owing to its transmission through jokes and anecdotes. The Cynics' curious combination of seduction and sedition goes a long way to account for both the excitement and the tension that they generate in Renaissance texts. Responses to the extreme and deliberately marginal philosophical stance of the Dogs cast light back on the mainstream, revealing cultural attitudes, tensions and uncertainties. Above all, representations of Cynicism constitute a site for the exploration of strange and paradoxical ideas in playful and humorous ways. This is true of both major writers, including Erasmus, Rabelais and Montaigne, and of dozens of other less well-known but fascinating figures. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of intellectual and literary history.

Francis I and Sixteenth-Century France

Author : Robert J. Knecht
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000939502
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Francis I and Sixteenth-Century France written by Robert J. Knecht and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reputation of Francis I, king of France (1515-47 ) has fluctuated over the centuries. Acclaimed as ’noble’ and ’great’ in the sixteenth century, he came to be unfairly denigrated under the Bourbon kings and the republic. But, in the twentieth century, research based on archival material has restored his standing as one of the most important rulers of his age. The present volume brings together seventeen articles by Robert Knecht published over several decades on particular aspects of the reign, with three specially translated from French into English. They examine the period in more depth than was possible in the author's 1994 biography of Francis I, and include studies of the Concordat of 1516 with the papacy, the Field of Cloth of Gold in 1520, the lit-de-justice of 1527, and the visit to France of the Emperor Charles V in 1540. Other articles consider the king’s attitude to the Reformation, his court, his relations with Paris and visits to Aquitaine, his patronage of architecture as demonstrated by his building of the château of Fontainebleau, and his relations with his mother, Louise of Savoy, and sister, Marguerite d’Angoulême. The king’s love of books and the political advice he received from scholars are also considered as well as the extent of his ’absolutism’. Two articles compare the English and French Reformations and the nobilities of the two countries. The volume is intended as a contribution to the celebration of the 500th anniversary of Francis I’s accession.