The Shadow of Dante in French Renaissance Lyric : : Scève’s “Délie” / / Alison Baird Lovell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021
• VerfasserIn: Lovell, Alison Baird,
• Place / Publishing House: Kalamazoo, MI : : Medieval Institute Publications, , [2020]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture ; 26
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (X, 273 p.)

This book presents an interpretation of Maurice Scève’s lyric sequence Délie, object de plus haulte vertu (Lyon, 1544) in literary relation to the Vita nuova, Commedia, and other works of Dante Alighieri. Dante’s subtle influence on Scève is elucidated in depth for the first time, augmenting the allusions in Délie to the Canzoniere of Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca). Scève’s sequence of dense, epigrammatic dizains is considered to be an early example, prior to the Pléiade poets, of French Renaissance imitation of Petrarch’s vernacular poetry, in a time when imitatio was an established literary practice, signifying the poet’s participation in a tradition. While the Canzoniere is an important source for Scève’s Délie, both works are part of a poetic lineage that includes Occitan troubadours, Guinizzelli, Cavalcanti, and Dante. The book situates Dante as a relevant predecessor and source for Scève, and examines anew the Petrarchan label for Délie. Compelling poetic affinities emerge between Dante and Scève that do not correlate with Petrarch.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Textual Note -- Introduction -- 1. “Ce Poëte ayant quasi l’esprit et l’entendement de Dante” -- 2. Scève and fin’amor: “Jouir d’un coeur, qui est tout tien amy” -- 3. Scève, Ficino, Cavalcanti: “Parfeit un corps en sa parfection” -- 4. Scève and Dante: “Fedeli d’amore” -- 5. Scève and Dante: “Incessamment travaillant en moy celle” -- 6. Scève and Dante: “L’amor che qui raffina” -- 7. Scève and Petrarch: “Ardor fallace” -- 8. Scève and Petrarch: “Constituée idole de ma vie” -- Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Index of Poems and Cantos Cited