{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-literary-debate-in-late-medieval-france-from-le-roman-de-la-rose-to-la-belle-dame-sans-mercy-hardcover","title":"An Introduction to Literary Debate in Late Medieval France: From Le Roman de la Rose to La Belle Dame sans Mercy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoan E. McRae\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow medieval poems sparked discussions on women's agency, love, marriage, and honor that prefigured modern feminism \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis\u003cbr\u003e volume immerses readers in a debate tradition that flourished in France\u003cbr\u003e during the late Middle Ages, focusing on two works that were both \u003cbr\u003epopular and controversial in their time: \u003cem\u003eLe Roman de la Rose\u003c\/em\u003e by thirteenth-century poets Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun and \u003cem\u003eLa Belle Dame sans Mercy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e by fifteenth-century royal secretary and poet Alain Chartier. This is \u003cbr\u003ethe first comparative volume on these important works and the \u003cbr\u003ediscussions they sparked. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngaging with questions of \u003cbr\u003ewomen's agency, love, marriage, and honor, these two poems prompted \u003cbr\u003eresponses that circulated via treatises, letters, and sermons among \u003cbr\u003eofficials, clerics, and poets. Joan McRae provides commentary on the two\u003cbr\u003e texts, a timeline and summary of the resulting debates, and \u003cbr\u003ebiographical sketches of the leading intellectuals who matched wits over\u003cbr\u003e different ways of reading the texts, including pioneering writer \u003cbr\u003eChristine de Pizan. McRae shows that these works and the debates, read \u003cbr\u003etogether, consider a range of social issues that raise questions of \u003cbr\u003egender, the place of power and hierarchy in societal relationships, and \u003cbr\u003ethe responsibility of writers for the effect of their works on readers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Introduction to Literary Debate in Late Medieval France \u003c\/em\u003eis\u003cbr\u003e a helpful overview of these weighty arguments for both students and \u003cbr\u003escholars. McRae provides a compact, comprehensive, and up-to-date study, \u003cbr\u003e spotlighting influential literary expressions that evolved into the \u003cbr\u003e\"querelle des femmes,\" the \"woman question,\" which in turn paved the way\u003cbr\u003e for modern feminism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA\u003cbr\u003e volume in the series New Perspectives on Medieval Literature: Authors \u003cbr\u003eand Traditions, edited by R. Barton Palmer and Tison Pugh \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750959579424,"sku":"9780813069944","price":129.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/54886be0e987242bb71a892eb3ce562c.webp?v=1779961499","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/an-introduction-to-literary-debate-in-late-medieval-france-from-le-roman-de-la-rose-to-la-belle-dame-sans-mercy-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}