French Eloquence in Verse : Poetry and Communication in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries.DE

Doudet, EstelleEDT/ Dugaz, LucienEDT

Peter Lang

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The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries saw a significant rhetorical shift that has long influenced French literature. In this period, poets began to describe themselves as orators. Their verse was addressed to various audiences, both real or fictional, and was judged on its eloquence, public utility, and ability to engage with contemporary concerns and events. This book endeavours to shed light on this unique moment of interplay between poetry and communication, through an interdisciplinary framework that draws on approaches from rhetoric, philology, and communication studies. Through eight case studies, this book explores a little-known history of French literature, from George Chastelain to Ronsard, including poets such as Guillaume Cretin, Jean Lemaire de Belges, Octovien de Saint-Gelais, Jean Molinet, Jean Bouchet, Nicaise Ladam and François Habert.

Contents

Contents

Estelle Doudet & Lucien Dugaz

When Poetry Was Rhetoric



PART I Successes and Failures in Communication

Ellen Delvallée

Guillaume Cretin and the Practice of Invective Discourse

Estelle Doudet

Chastelain's Scenarios to Amending Miscommunication in Poetry



PART II Allegory as a Poetic and Rhetorical Device

Dariusz Krawczyk

Eloquence of Unveiling: Allegorical Temples and Spiritual Discourse in François Habert's Work

Nathalie Dauvois

Prosopopœia, Rhetoric and Political Engagement, from Jean Bouchet to Pierre de Ronsard



Part III Authorship and Authority

Benedetta Salvati

Authorship and Agency in Nicaise Ladam's Poetry

Lucien Dugaz

'Rendre à Octovien...': Attributing the Dame sans sy and the Trois Bussines to Octovien de Saint-Gelais



PART IV Poetry among the Arts

Adeline Desbois-Ientile

How does Poetry Communicate? Molinet and Lemaire's Opposing Views on Music



Notes on Contributors

References

Index of names

Index of poetical and rhetorical notions

Index of cited manuscripts