A Companion to Marie de France: 27 Annotated Edition
Author(s): Logan Whalen (Author)
Publisher: Brill
Publication Date: 10 May 2011
Edition: Annotated
Language: English
Print length: 352 pages
ISBN-10: 900420217X
ISBN-13: 9789004202177
Book Description
After nearly eight centuries and much research and writing on Marie de France, the only biographical information we know about her, with any degree of certainty, is that she was from France and wrote for the Anglo-Angevin court of Henry II. Yet Marie de France remains today one of the most prominent literary voices of the end of the twelfth century and was the first woman of letters to write in French. The chapters in this book are composed by scholars who have specialized in Marie de France studies, in most cases for many years. Offering traditional views alongside new critical perspectives, the authors discuss many different aspects of her poetics.
Editorial Reviews
Review
”These provocative articles add a rich new fare to the ongoing debate as to what can be known about Marie de France and her writings” James H. Dahlinger, Le Moyne College. In: Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 43, No. 4, 201, p. 1150.
From the Back Cover
After nearly eight centuries and much research and writing on Marie de France, the only biographical information we know about her, with any degree of certainty, is that she was from France and wrote for the Anglo-Angevin court of Henry II. Yet Marie de France remains today one of the most prominent literary voices of the end of the 12th century and was the first woman of letters to write in French. The chapters in this book are composed by scholars who have specialized in Marie de France studies, in most cases for many years. Offering traditional views alongside new critical perspectives, the authors discuss many different aspects of her poetics. Contributors include: Logan E. Whalen, Emanuel J. Mickel, Jr., Roberta L. Krueger, Judith Rice Rothschild, Glyn S. Burgess, Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner, Charles Brucker, June Hall McCash, Rupert T. Pickens, and Keith Busby
About the Author
Logan E. Whalen, Ph.D. (2000) in French, University of Oklahoma, is Associate Professor of French at the University of Oklahoma. His publications include Marie de France and the Poetics of Memory (Catholic University of America Press, 2008).
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