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THE MEDIEVAL AUTHOR IN MEDIEVAL FRENCH LITERATURE STUDIES IN ARTHURIAN AND COURTLY CULTURES The dynamic field of Arthurian Studies is the subject for this book series, Studies in Arthurian and Courtly Cultures, which explores the great variety of literary and cultural expression inspired by the lore of King Arthur, the Round Table, and the Grail. In forms that range from medieval chronicles to popular films, from chivalric romances to contemporary comics, from magic realism to feminist fantasy—and from the sixth through the twenty-first centuries—few literary subjects provide such fertile ground for cultural elaboration. Including works in literary criticism, cultural studies, and history, Studies in Arthurian and Courtly Cultures highlights the most significant new Arthurian Studies. Bonnie Wheeler,Southern Methodist University Series Editor Editorial Board: James Carley,York University Jeffrey Jerome Cohen,George Washington University Virginie Greene,Harvard University Siân Echard,University of British Columbia Sharon Kinoshita,University of California,Santa Cruz Alan Lupack,University of Rochester Andrew Lynch,University of Western Australia THE MEDIEVAL AUTHOR IN MEDIEVAL FRENCH LITERATURE Edited by Virginie Greene THEMEDIEVALAUTHORINMEDIEVALFRENCHLITERATURE © Virginie Greene,2006. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2006 ISBN 978-1-4039-6771-8 All rights reserved.No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published in 2006 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue,New York,N.Y.10010 and Houndmills,Basingstoke,Hampshire,England RG21 6XS Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St.Martin’s Press,LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States,United Kingdom and other countries.Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-53015-1 ISBN 978-1-4039-8345-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781403983459 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The medieval author in medieval French Literature / edited by Virginie Greene. p.cm.—(Studies in Arthurian and courtly cultures) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1–4039–6771–7 (alk.paper) 1.French literature—To 1500—History and criticism.2.Authors, French—To 1500.3.Authorship—History—To 1500.I.Greene,Virginie Elisabeth,1959– II.Series. PQ156.M43 2006 840.9(cid:2)001—dc22 2005057633 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd.,Chennai,India. First edition:August 2006 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This volume is dedicated to the memory of Katalin Halász This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Contributors xi Introduction 1 Virginie Greene 1. Authorial Relays:Continuing Chrétien’s Conte du Graal 13 Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner 2. Borrowing,Citation,and Authorship in Gautier de Coinci’s Miracles de Nostre Dame 29 Margaret Switten 3. The Roman de la Roseas a Möbius Strip (On Interpretation) 61 Alexandre Leupin 4. The Medieval “Author”:An Idea Whose Time Hadn’t Come? 77 Stephen G.Nichols 5. From One Mask to Another:The Trials and Tribulations of an Author of Romance at the Time of Perceforest 103 Anne Berthelot (translated by Darla Gervais) 6. The Experiencing Self and the Narrating Self in Medieval French Chronicles 117 Sophie Marnette 7. Neutrality Affects:Froissart and the Practice of Historiographic Authorship 137 Zrinka Stahuljak viii CONTENTS 8. Portraits of Authors at the End of the Middle Ages: Tombs in Majesty and Carnivalesque Epitaphs 157 Jacqueline Cerquiglini-Toulet (translated by Darla Gervais) 9. Frontally and in Profile:The Identifying Gesture of the Late Medieval Author 173 Danielle Bohler (translated by Lia Brozgal) 10. Medieval Bestsellers in the Age of Print:Melusineand Olivier de Castille 189 Ana Pairet 11. What Happened to Medievalists after the Death of the Author? 205 Virginie Greene Bibliography 229 Index 245 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The editor of this volume would like to thank Christie McDonald for supporting this project.Without her gentle and firm encouragement,it would not have been undertaken.Many thanks to Eugene Vance for his generous support and productive critique,to Judith Ryan for her advice at a crucial moment,to Lia Brozgal and Darla Gervais for their translations,to Lia Brozgal, Stefanie Goyette, and Irit Kleiman for their assistance in preparing this volume,to Pierre-Yves Cachard for his help in obtaining the cover illustration,and to Farideh Koohi-Kamali,Melissa Nosal,and Julia Cohen for their diligent editorial work.To Bonnie Wheeler I owe a special “thank you,” not only for her intellectual and editorial support for this project,but also for the attention she has given now for many years to my progress as a medievalist.To use her laconic style:“Bonnie,thanks.”To all the contributors of this volume,I also owe a special debt of gratitude:Plus doi que rendre ne porroie.
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