Library Catalog
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

The Writer's Gift or the Patron's Pleasure? : The Literary Economy in Late Medieval France / Deborah McGrady.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (366 p.)Content type:
Media type:
Carrier type:
ISBN:
  • 9781487503659
  • 9781487518448
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 944.025 23
LOC classification:
  • DC100 .M347 2019
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Rethinking Literary Patronage in a Medieval Context -- 1. King Charles V’s Sapientia Project: From the Construction of the Louvre Library to the Books He Commissioned -- 2. The Writer’s Work: Translating Charles V’s Literary Clientelism into Learned Terms -- 3. Guillaume de Machaut’s Fictions of Engagement -- 4. Eustache Deschamps on the Duties and Dues of Poetry -- 5. The Pursuit of Patronage: From Christine de Pizan’s Troubled Dealings with Louis of Orléans to Marketing Nostalgia -- 6. The Curse of the Commission: Christine de Pizan on Sacrificing Charles V’s Biography -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: The Writer’s Gift or the Patron’s Pleasure? introduces a new approach to literary patronage through a reassessment of the medieval paragon of literary sponsorship, Charles V of France. Traditionally celebrated for his book commissions that promoted the vernacular, Charles V also deserves credit for having profoundly altered the literary economy when bypassing the traditional system of acquiring books through gifting to favor the commission. When upturning literary dynamics by soliciting works to satisfy his stated desires, the king triggered a multi-generational literary debate concerned with the effect a work’s status as a solicited or unsolicited text had in determining the value and purpose of the literary enterprise. Treating first the king's commissioned writers and then canonical French late medieval authors, Deborah L. McGrady argues that continued discussion of these competing literary economies engendered the concept of the “writer’s gift,” which vernacular writers used to claim a distinctive role in society based on their triple gift of knowledge, wisdom, and literary talent.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781487518448

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Rethinking Literary Patronage in a Medieval Context -- 1. King Charles V’s Sapientia Project: From the Construction of the Louvre Library to the Books He Commissioned -- 2. The Writer’s Work: Translating Charles V’s Literary Clientelism into Learned Terms -- 3. Guillaume de Machaut’s Fictions of Engagement -- 4. Eustache Deschamps on the Duties and Dues of Poetry -- 5. The Pursuit of Patronage: From Christine de Pizan’s Troubled Dealings with Louis of Orléans to Marketing Nostalgia -- 6. The Curse of the Commission: Christine de Pizan on Sacrificing Charles V’s Biography -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

restricted access online access with authorization star

http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec

The Writer’s Gift or the Patron’s Pleasure? introduces a new approach to literary patronage through a reassessment of the medieval paragon of literary sponsorship, Charles V of France. Traditionally celebrated for his book commissions that promoted the vernacular, Charles V also deserves credit for having profoundly altered the literary economy when bypassing the traditional system of acquiring books through gifting to favor the commission. When upturning literary dynamics by soliciting works to satisfy his stated desires, the king triggered a multi-generational literary debate concerned with the effect a work’s status as a solicited or unsolicited text had in determining the value and purpose of the literary enterprise. Treating first the king's commissioned writers and then canonical French late medieval authors, Deborah L. McGrady argues that continued discussion of these competing literary economies engendered the concept of the “writer’s gift,” which vernacular writers used to claim a distinctive role in society based on their triple gift of knowledge, wisdom, and literary talent.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2023)