Chartier in Europe

The significance of the works of Alain Chartier in the development of European literature.

The significance of the works of Alain Chartier in the development of European literature.

Chartier in Europe is the first sustained enquiry into the distinctive influence of the fifteenth-century French poet and diplomat, Alain Chartier, on the reading and writing cultures of England, Italy, Scotland, and Spain,as well as France. Opening with essays that assess Chartier's own construction of an authoritative voice, the volume then analyses the transmission and reception context of his Latin and French prose and poetry, and examines theways in which the translation of his work into other vernaculars shaped his burgeoning reputation. Established and younger scholars from the fields of English, French, History, Scottish and Hispanic studies build a cross-disciplinary approach that illuminates Chartier's importance not only in the realm of French literature but in the evolution of a wider European literature. In additionChartier in Europe presents a full bibliography of published work on Chartier and includes a foreword by James Laidlaw, the first modern editor of Chartier's complete French poetical works.

EMMA CAYLEY is Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Exeter; ASHBY KINCH is Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Montana.

OTHER CONTRIBUTORS: Barbara K. Altmann, Julia Boffey, Florence Bouchet, William Calin, Douglas Kelly, James Laidlaw, Joan E. McRae, Catherine Nall, ClaraPascual-Argente, Dana Symons.

Introduction
Boethius as Model for Rewriting Sources in Alain Chartier'sLivre de l'Esperance - Douglas Kelly
"Voix Dei, vox poetae": The Bible in theQuadrilogue invectif - Florence Bouchet
"Car rompre vault pis que ployer": Proverbial Pleasure inLa Belle Dame sans mercy - Dana Symons
Alain Chartier'sLivre des Quatres Dames and the Mechanics of Allegory - Barbara K Altmann
"Ainchois maintien des dames la querelle": Poetry, Politics, and Mastery in the Manuscript Tradition of Alain Chartier - Emma Cayley
Cyclification and the Circulation of theQuerelle de la Belle Dame sans mercy - Joan McRae
The Early Reception of Chartier's Works in England and Scotland - Julia Boffey
FromInvectivo toInventivo: Reading Chartier'sQuadrilogue invectif in Fifteenth-Century Castille - Clara Pascual-Argente
William Worcester Reads Alain Chartier:Le Quadrilogue invectif and its English Readers - Catherine Nall
Thedit amoureux, Alain Chartier, and theBelle Dame sans mercy Cycle in Scotland: John Rolland'sThe Court of Venus of Venus - William Calin
"La Crudele in amore": Carlo del Nero ReadsLa Belle Dame sans mercy - Ashby Kinch