Writer and Public in France
Author: John Lough
Publisher: Oxford [Eng.] : Clarendon Press
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 456
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Writer and Public in France, from Themiddle Ages to the Present Day
Author: J. Lough
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKMedieval Roles for Modern Times
Author: Helen Solterer
Publisher: Penn State Press
Published: 2010-01-01
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 0271036133
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Examines the performances of a Parisian youth group, Gustave Cohen's Théophiliens, and the process of making medieval culture a part of the modern world. Explores the work of actor Moussa Abadi, and his clandestine resistance under the Vichy regime in France during World War II"--Provided by publisher.
American Economic Association
Author: Emily Greene Balch
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Published: 1893
Total Pages: 186
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Vision of Christine de Pizan
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Publisher: D. S. Brewer
Published: 2012-03
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9781843842989
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTranslation of Christine's autobiographical Vision, both dealing with her own life and career, and offering a possible solution to the troubled state of France at the time.
War, Government and Power in Late Medieval France
Author: Christopher Allmand
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: 2000-11-01
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 1781386900
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe essays in this volume portray the public life of late medieval France as that country established its position as a leader of western European society in the early modern world. A central theme is the contribution made by contemporary writers, chroniclers and commentators, such as Jean Froissart, William Worcester and Philippe de Commynes, to our understanding of the past. Who were they? What picture of their times did they present? Were their works intended to influence their contemporaries and what success did they enjoy? Other contributions deal with the exercise of political power, the relationship between the court and those in authority in far-flung reaches of the kingdom, and the role and status of the death penalty as deterrent, punishment and means of achieving justice.
Michel-Jean Sedaine (1719-1797)
Author: David Charlton
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2019-01-15
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 0429640250
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published in 2000, this book highlights the interst Sedaine's life and work is now, belatedly, provoking in many scholarly disciplines. If Sedaine speaks today to literary history, theatre history and opera studies, it is because he possessed a multivalent vision, one which accounts for both his past neglect and is present rediscovery. Like many others, he believed that the established, 'official' genres needed to be reformed; unlike many, he made it his business to transform the actual language and operation of the theatre arts he practised. Until late eighteenth-century opera and drama in France become better understood, Sedaine's immense importance for the development of Romantic opera and theatre risks remaining generally concealed; to reveal something of this importance is one main reason for publishing the present volume. This book includes chapters on Sedaine and the question of genre, the representation of the female in the dramas of Sedaine, and the words, gestures and other signs in the era of Sedaine.
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows
Author: British Academy
Publisher: Proceedings of the British Aca
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9780197263204
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVolume 124 of the 'Proceedings of the British Academy' contains 19 obituaries of recently deceased Fellows of the British Academy.
The Art of Medieval French Romance
Author: Douglas Kelly
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Published: 1992-04-15
Total Pages: 504
ISBN-13: 9780299131906
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDouglas Kelly provides a comprehensive and historically valid analysis of the art of medieval French romance as the romancers themselves describe it. He focuses on well-known writers, such as Chrétien de Troyes and Marie de France, and also draws on a wide range of other sources—prose romances, non-Arthurian romances, thirteenth-century verse romances, and variant versions from the later Middle Ages. Kelly is the first scholar to present the “art” of medieval romance to a modern audience through the interventions and comments of medieval writers themselves. The book begins by examining the difficulties scholars perceive in medieval literature: problems such as source and intertextuality, structure in its manifold modern meanings, and character psychology and individuality. These issues frame Kelly’s identification and discussion of all the known authorial interventions on the art and craft of romance. Kelly’s careful reconstruction of the “art” of romance, based on the records left by the romancers themselves, will be an invaluable resource and guide for all medievalists.
Magic in the Middle Ages
Author: Richard Kieckhefer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-11-06
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 131612410X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow was magic practised in medieval times? How did it relate to the diverse beliefs and practices that characterised this fascinating period? In Magic in the Middle Ages Richard Kieckhefer surveys the growth and development of magic in medieval times. He examines its relation to religion, science, philosophy, art, literature and politics before introducing us to the different types of magic that were used, the kinds of people who practised magic and the reasoning behind their beliefs. In addition, he shows how magic served as a point of contact between the popular and elite classes, how the reality of magical beliefs is reflected in the fiction of medieval literature and how the persecution of magic and witchcraft led to changes in the law. This book places magic at the crossroads of medieval culture, shedding light on many other aspects of life in the Middle Ages.
