Le Roman de Renart : : Dans la littérature française et dans les littérature étrangères au moyen âge / / John Flinn.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Flinn, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1963
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: French
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (742 p.)

The Roman de Renart was for long little known, even in France, in its original mediaeval version, but the reputation of the wily fox was widespread, in large measure because of his fame in the Middle Ages. This fame had spread to much of the rest of Western Europe and the stories of Renart had inspired many different literary works in many countries; they were among the earlier published works in Belgium, Holland, Germany, and England. A copious iconography - mediaeval wall-paintings, misereres, architectural carvings, manuscript illustrations, and, later, book illustrations - maintained the frame of the wily fox. Renart, originally a comic but also satirical personage, finally became one of the most popular personifications of the devil in literature and in art. This book will interest the specialist in many fields, treating as it does a subject that had ramifications not only in French literature, but also in German, Italian, Flemish and Dutch, English, and mediaeval Latin literature. Interest in the Roman de Renart has increased notably of late, and the iconography of Renart continues to attract attention. For students of English literature the subject of Renart is an important one, first because of the close relationship of mediaeval French and English literature, and also because of Chaucer's charming story of the Nun's Priest Tale, which was largely inspired by the oldest French branch of Renart.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Préface -- Chapitre Premier – Introduction -- Chapitre II – Le Roman De Renart -- Chapitre III – Le Roman De Renart Et La Littérature Française Au Moyen Age -- Chapitre IV – Philippe De Novare Et Le Roman De Renart -- Chapitre V – Renart Le Bestourné -- Chapitre VI – Le Couronnement De Renart -- Chapitre VII – Renart Le Nouvel -- Chapitre VIII – Renart Le Contrefait -- Chapitre IX – Les Dernières Branches Françaises Du Roman De Renart -- Chapitre X – Première Conclusion -- Chapitre XI – Le Roman De Renart Dans La Littérature Morale Et Didactique -- Chapitre XII – Le Roman De Renart En Italie -- Chapitre XIII – Le Roman De Renart En Alsace -- Chapitre XIV – Le Roman De Renart Aux Pays-Bas -- Chapitre XV–Le Roman De Renart En Angleterre -- Chapitre XVI – Conclusion Générale -- Appendice I – Epístola leonis ad asinum et leporem et le Rescriptum leporis ad leonem -- Appendice II – Table Chronologique Des Branches Et Des Adaptions De Renart -- Bibliographie -- Index -- Table Des Matières