Writers in Conflict in Sixteenth-century France: Essays in Honour of Malcolm Quainton (Durham Modern Languages) (Durham Modern Language Series) - Softcover

Elizabeth Vinestock

Softcover

ISBN 10: 071908587X ISBN 13: 9780719085871

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2011

Synopsis

These essays written to celebrate the distinguished career of Renassiance scholar, Professor Malcolm Quainton, confirm the idea that the sixteenth-century in France was deeply marked by conflict, but readers expecting to find a volume wholly devoted to studies of war and religious disputation will be intrigued to discover that these rare not the only topics discussed. A number of subtle analyses reveal the stresses of internal conflict experienced by writers and woven into the fabric of their compositions. The three sections focus respectively on living and writing in conflict, the Wars of Religion, and intertextuality as conflict. Subjects include Ronard, Baïf, Du Bellay, D'Aubigné, sonnets by Mary Queen of Scots and the political role of court festivities, while a previously unknown riposte to Clément Marot is first published here. This book will appeal to scholars and students of French language, literature and culture, and sixteenth-century European history.

About this title

About the Author:

Elizabeth Vinestock is a Lecturer in French at Lancaster University. David Foster was a Lecturer at the University of Lancaster until his death in 2007.

About this edition

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 071908587X
• ISBN 13: 9780719085871
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 492
• Editor: Elizabeth Vinestock, David Foster