The writer's gift or the patron's pleasure? : the literary economy in late medieval France / Deborah McGrady.

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McGrady, Deborah L, 1967- [author.]

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online resource

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9781487518448
1487518447

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840.9/001 23

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PQ193

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Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Rethinking Literary Patronage in a Medieval Context; Chapter One: King Charles V's Sapientia Project: From the Construction of the Louvre Library to the Books He Commissioned; Chapter Two: The Writer's Work: Translating Charles V's Literary Clientelism into Learned Terms; Chapter Three: Guillaume de Machaut's Fictions of Engagement; Chapter Four: Eustache Deschamps on the Duties and Dues of Poetry

Chapter Five: The Pursuit of Patronage: From Christine de Pizan's Troubled Dealings with Louis of Orléans to Marketing NostalgiaChapter Six: 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."-- Provided by publisher

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"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."-- Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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