Vernacular literature and current affairs in the early sixteenth century : France, England, and Scotland
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Vernacular literature and current affairs in the early sixteenth century : France, England, and Scotland
（Studies in European cultural transition / general editors, Martin Stannard and Greg Walker, v. 6）
Ashgate, c2000
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [184] -200) and index
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Description
The printed writings of the most important authors of the 16th century are characterized by frequent references to current affairs. This collection brings together essays by literary scholars and historians of the era to discuss various ways in which those writing in the vernacular during the early 16th century responded to contemporary events. The papers in this volume also demonstrate how the spread of literacy was of fundamental significance for the economics of book production, and for ways in which political power was exercised and expressed, as well as for the development of new literary forms of critical and occasional writing.
Table of Contents
- John Skelton and the royal court, Greg Walker
- patterns of protest and impersonation in the works of Pierre Gringore, Cynthia J. Brown
- anti-papal writing in the reign of Louis XII - propaganda and self-promotion, Jennifer Britnell
- a defining moment - the Battle of Flodden and English poetry, John Scattergood
- dead man walking - remaniments and recontextualizations of Jean Molinet's occasional writing, Adrian Armstrong
- representing the chose publicque - royal propaganda in early 16th-century France, Martin Gosman
- Dunbar, Skelton and the nature of court culture in the early 16th century, A.S.G. Edwards
- David Lindsay and James V - court literature as current event, Sarah Carpenter
- funereal poetry in France - from Octovien de Saint-Gelais to Clement Marot, Christine Scollen-Jimack
- Wynkyn de Worde, Richard Pynson, and the English printing of texts translated from the French, Julia Boffey.
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