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The Judgment of Palaemon Medieval and Renaissance Authors and Texts Editor-in-Chief Francis G. Gentry Emeritus Professor of German, Penn State University Editorial Board Teodolinda Barolini, Columbia University Cynthia Brown, University of California, Santa Barbara Marina Brownlee, Princeton University Keith Busby, University of Wisconsin-Madison Craig Kallendorf, Texas A&M University Alastair Minnis, Yale University Brian Murdoch, Stirling University Jan Ziolkowski, Harvard University and Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection VOLUME 9 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/mrat The Judgment of Palaemon The Contest between Neo-Latin and Vernacular Poetry in Renaissance France By Philip Ford LEiDEN • BOSTON 2013 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ford, Philip, 1949– The Judgment of Palaemon : the Contest Between Neo-Latin and Vernacular Poetry in Renaissance France / by Philip Ford. pages cm. — (Medieval and Renaissance Authors and Texts ; Volume 9) includes bibliographical references and index. iSBN 978-90-04-24539-6 (hardback : acid-free paper) — iSBN (invalid) 978-90-04-24540-2 (e-book) 1. French poetry—16th century—History and criticism. 2. Latin poetry, Medieval and modern— France—History and criticism. i. Title. PQ418.F67 2013 841’.309—dc23 2012045662 This publication has been typeset in the multilingual “Brill” typeface. With over 5,100 characters covering Latin, iPA, Greek, and Cyrillic, this typeface is especially suitable for use in the humanities. For more information, please see www.brill.com/brill-typeface. iSSN 0925-7683 iSBN 978-90-04-24539-6 (hardback) iSBN 978-90-04-24540-2 (e-book) Copyright 2013 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Global Oriental, Hotei Publishing, iDC Publishers and Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. This book is printed on acid-free paper. in memory of ian McFarlane, a true pioneer in French Renaissance studies CONTENTS List of Tables and Figures ............................................................................ ix Acknowledgements ........................................................................................ xi Preface ................................................................................................................ xiii 1. introduction ................................................................................................. 1 2. Joachim Du Bellay: Language and Culture ........................................ 23 3. The Neo-Catullan Revolution ................................................................ 55 4. Martial, Marot, and ‘le petit mot pour rire’ ...................................... 97 5. Epitaphs and tombeaux ........................................................................... 127 6. The Latin Ronsard .................................................................................... 159 7. The Morel Salon: A Microcosm of the Res publica litterarum ...... 203 Conclusion ........................................................................................................ 227 Appendix: List of French Authors ............................................................. 235 Bibliography ..................................................................................................... 257 index ................................................................................................................... 265
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