Poetry and Fable by Ann Moss

Poetry and Fable by Ann Moss

This book is a major study of the development of French poetry in the Renaissance, which examines changes in style and vision by looking both at how poetry was read in this period and how it was written. Dr Moss examines vernacular versions of fables from Ovid's Metamorphoses, published between the end of the fifteenth century and beginning of the seventeenth century, which reveal fundamental changes both in reading habits and in assumptions about literary aesthetics and the relationship of literature to truth. Through detailed analysis of mythological narratives in the Ovidian tradition composed by Lemaire de Beiges, Francois Habert, Baif and Ronsard, among others, and by concentrating on a few specific mythological subjects Dr Moss is able to identify the salient features in these developments and so broaden our understanding of the aesthetic revolution which transformed the literature and mentality of France and Western Europe during the Renaissance.

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ISBN 13	9780521112147
ISBN 10	0521112141
Title	Poetry and Fable
Author	Ann Moss
Series	Cambridge Studies In French
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2009-06-11
Number of pages	196
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