The judgment of Palaemon [[electronic resource] ] : the contest between neo-Latin and vernacular poetry in Renaissance France / / by Philip Ford

• Autore: Ford Philip <1949->
• Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Disciplina: 841/.309
• Soggetto topico: French poetry - 16th century - History and criticism; Latin poetry, Medieval and modern - France - History and criticism
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Joachim du Bellay: language and culture -- The Neo-Catullan -- Martial, Marot, and 'le petit mot pour rire' -- Epitaphs and tombeaux -- The Latin Ronsard -- The Morel salon: a microcosm of the Res publica litterarum.
• Sommario/riassunto: In Virgil's third Eclogue , Palaemon concludes the poetry competition between Menalcas and Damoetas by saying that he cannot choose between them, a judgment that is emblematic of the contest between Neo-Latin and vernacular poetry in Renaissance France. Both forms of poetry draw on similar roots, both are equally accomplished, and the contest between them is largely amicable. The Judgment of Palaemon illustrates the almost symbiotic relationship between Renaissance Latin and French poetry, while exploring poets' motivation for choosing one language over another, the different challenges each form of writing involved, and the extent of the collaboration between different language communities. It focuses on some of the major writers of the period, as well as less well known ones, and on genres specific to humanist poetry. It shows that composing in Latin was often considered more natural, at a time when many Frenchmen's mother tongue was a non-standard French dialect or distinct language.
• Titolo autorizzato: The judgment of Palaemon
• ISBN: 1-299-15485-9; 90-04-24540-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786133903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Medieval and Renaissance Authors and Texts ; 9.