Roman de la Rose

484 Pages·2006·2.03 MB·French

by  Susan Kemmerer

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Debating the Roman de la rose
A Critical Anthology
Edited by Christine McWebb
Introduction and Latin translations by Earl Jeffrey Richards
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Debating the Roman de la rose : a critical anthology / edited by Christine McWebb ;
introduction and Latin translations by Earl Jeffrey Richards.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-415-96765-1 (hardback : alk. paper)
1. Jean, de Meun, d. 1305? Roman de la rose. 2. Guillaume, de Lorris, fl. 1230.
Roman de la rose. 3. Romances--History and criticism. I. McWebb, Christine. II.
Richards, Earl Jeffrey.
PQ1529.D5 2006
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Contents
Preface xi
User Guide xvii
Introduction xxi
Chapter One Italian Humanism and French Clericalism
in the Fourteenth Century 1
A. The Beginning of the Debate about the Roman de la rose 1
B. The Roman as Auctoritas 3
1. Gilles li Muisis (1272–1353) 3
2. Pierre Ceffons 15
3. Raoul de Presles (1315–82) 16
C. The Debate about the Mendicants 20
1. Philippe de Mézières (1327–1405) 21
2. Jean le Fèvre (ca. 1320–ca.1390) 24
D. Antifeminism and the Jealous Husband 26
1. Pierre Ceffons 26
2. Matheolus (ca. 1295–?) and Jean le Fèvre 27
3. Philippe de Mézières 27
4. Le Mesnagier de Paris (anonymous; ca. 1393) 32
E. The Early Opponents 34
1. Guillaume de Digulleville (1295–1358) 34
2. The Song of Songs 39
Chapter Two The Defense of Courtly Discourse and Morals 45
A. The Poets’ Reaction 45
1. Eustache Deschamps (ca.1346–ca.1406) 46
2. Philippe de Mézières (1327–1405) 48
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B. Christine de Pizan : The Debate before the Debate 50
1. 1399: L’epistre au dieu d’ amours 50
2. 1399–1400: Les enseignemens moraux que Cristine
donne a son fi lz 92
3. 1400: Le livre du débat de deux amans 94
Chapter Three The Debate Epistles (1401–1402) 107
1. February 1, 1402: Letter from Christine de Pizan
to the Queen Isabeau de Bavière (1371–1435) 108
2. September 13, 1401: Christine’s Explanatory Letter 112
3. September 13, 1401: Gontier Col Asks Christine to Send
Him a Copy of Her Reply to Jean de Montreuil’s Treatise 114
4. June/July 1401: Christine’s Reaction to Jean de Montreuil’s
Treatise on the Roman de la rose 118
5. September 15, 1401: Gontier Col’s Reply to Christine
de Pizan 134
6. End of September, 1401: Christine Replies to the Above
Letter from Gontier Col 136
7. October 2, 1402: Christine’s Response to Pierre Col 140
Chapter Four The Architectonics of Voices (1401–1404) 199
1. May–June/July, 1401: Epistles by Jean de Montreuil
(1354–1418) 199
2. February 1(?), 1402: Christine’s Epistle to Guillaume
de Tignonville 216
3. 1402: Christine’s Poem Le dit de la rose 219
4. 1401 or 1402: Pierre d’Ailly, Le jardin amoureux
(1351–1420) 254
5. May 18, 1402: Jean Gerson’s (1363–1429) Treatise
against the Roman de la rose 272
6. End of Summer, 1402: Pierre Col’s Reply to Christine
de Pizan’s and Jean Gerson’s Treatises 306
7. July/August, 1402: Epistle 154 by Jean de Montreuil 344
8. After October 30, 1402: Pierre Col Replies to
Christine de Pizan 348
9. December 1402: A Letter by Jean Gerson 352
10. December 1402–March 1403: Sermons of the Series
Poenitemini by Jean Gerson 364
11. 1403–1404: Epistle 152 by Jean de Montreuil 372
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Contents ix
Chapter Five The Debate after the Debate and French Humanism 381
A. Christine de Pizan—1403–13 381
1. 1403: Le livre de la mutacion de Fortune 381
2. 1404–1405: Le livre de la cité des dames 388
3. 1405: Le livre de l’advision Cristine 404
4. 1408–13: Autres Ballades: Rondel and Ballade XXXVII 412
5. 1410: Le livre de fais d’armes et de chevalerie 416
B. The Beginnings of French Humanism 420
1. Laurent de Premierfait (1360/70?–1418) 420
Appendix Variants 429
Bibliography 433
Index 441
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