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The genesis of this book was the coincidence of two readings: Virgil's Aeneid and Dante's Purgatorio. Each work includes descriptions of art objects, Daedalus' and God's artwork respectively. These descriptions, or ekphraseis, also occur frequently in Old French romances. Too long considered as embellishment or artistic virtuosity, they have received little rigorous critical attention. This book offers a step in that direction by analyzing the narrative significance of art objects in three very different works: the anonymous Eneas, Chrétien de Troyes' Erec et Enide, and Jean Renart's Escoufle. Along with intertextuality and mise en abyme, ekphrasis opens new avenues for interpreting this literature.
Gabrielle Roy
This illustrated biography highlights three pivotal phases in Gabrielle Roy's life and development as an author: her first twenty-seven years, which were spent growing up with her family in Manitoba; her two-year stay in France and England, in the late 1930s; and her return from Europe to live in Montreal. It was in this last period that Roy honed her craft and, through her travels across the country, learned about the Canada she came to describe in ways that altered the course of Canadian literature.
Ekphrasis
Der Leser einer Kunstbeschreibung (Ekphrasis) ist bei der Lektüre einem ständigen Oszillieren zwischen Text und Bild ausgesetzt. Die vorliegende Untersuchung geht anhand verschiedener Beispiele den Einsichten nach, die die mittelalterliche Literatur ihren Lesern eröffnet, indem sie immer wieder Bild- und Architekturbeschreibungen in den linearen Fluss narrativer Texte einschaltet. Die Arbeit versucht, eine Geschichte der Ekphrasis zu rekonstruieren, die sich vom antiken Epos bis zum nachklassischen höfischen Roman im ausgehenden 13. Jahrhundert erstreckt. Vor allem drei Konzepte leiten die Argumentation: die Analyse literarischer Kunstbeschreibungen als Memorialbilder, als Spiegelungen des Visuellen im Verbalen bzw. der Makro- in der Mikroerzählung sowie als virtueller Schauraum.
Marie de France and the Poetics of Memory
Marie de France and the Poetics of Memory presents the first exhaustive treatment of the rhetorical use of description and memory in all the narrative works of the late 12th-century poet, Marie de France--the first woman to compose literary texts in French.
Canada and the Idea of North
Canada and the Idea of North examines the ways in which Canadians have defined themselves as a northern people in their literature, art, music, drama, history, geography, politics, and popular culture. From the Franklin Mystery to the comic book superheroine Nelvana, Glenn Gould's documentaries, the paintings of Lawren Harris, and Molson beer ads, the idea of the north has been central to the Canadian imagination. Sherrill Grace argues that Canadians have always used ideas of Canada-as-North to promote a distinct national identity and national unity. In a penultimate chapter - "The North Writes Back" - Grace presents newly emerging northern voices and shows how they view the long tradition of representing the North by southern activists, artists, and scholars. With the recent creation of Nunavut, increasing concern about northern ecosystems and social challenges, and renewed attention to Canada's role as a circumpolar nation, Canada and the Idea of North shows that nordicity still plays an urgent and central role in Canada at the start of the twenty-first century.
Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature
An accessible one-volume encyclopedia, this addition to the Literary Movements series is a comprehensive reference guide to the history and development of feminist literature, from early fairy tales to works by great women writers of today. Hundred
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