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OverviewTexts centred on the mother of Jesus abound in religious traditions the world over, but thirteenth-century Old French lyric stands apart, both because of the enormous size of the Marian cult in thirteenth-century France and the lack of critical attention the genre has garnered from scholars. As hybrid texts, Old French Marian songs combine motifs from several genres and registers to articulate a devotional message. In this comprehensive and illuminating study, Daniel E. O'Sullivan examines the movement between secular and religious traditions in medieval culture that Old French religious song embodies. He demonstrates that Marian lyric was far more than a simple, mindless imitation of secular love song. On the contrary, Marian lyric participated in a dynamic interplay with the secular tradition that different composers shaped and reshaped in light of particular doctrinal and aesthetic concerns. It is a corpus that reveals itself to be far more malleable and supple than past readers have admitted. With an extensive index of musical and textual editions of dozens of songs, Marian Devotion in Thirteenth-Century French Lyric brings a heretofore neglected genre to light. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Daniel E. O'SullivanPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.390kg ISBN: 9781487526238ISBN 10: 1487526237 Pages: 270 Publication Date: 07 August 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Secular and Religious in Medieval Culture Chapter 1: Gautier de Coinci's Marian Poetics of Familiar Strangeness The Human and Divine in Harmony 'Amours, qui bien set enchanter' (I Ch 3/RS 851) 'Roÿne celestre' (I Ch 5/RS 956, 1903) 'D'une amour quoie et serie' (II Ch 5/RS 1212) Chapter 2: Thibaut de Champagne, Genre, and the Medieval Taste for Hybrids Thibaut in the Line of Gautier Thibaut's Hybridized Marian Songs 'Commencerai a fere un lai': Genre and Aesthetic Play Chapter 3: Voicing Marian Devotion in Women's Devotional Song Songs in the Voice of Everywoman Religious Women Voicing Marian Devotion Mary's Voice: 'Lasse, que devendrai gié' Chapter 4: Jacques de Cambrai, Distinctive Traditionalism, and Kaleidoscopic Contrafacta Choices of Motif, Theme, and Model: The Case for Distinctive Traditionalism Towards a Generative Model of Kaleidoscopic Contrafacture Traditionalism, Innovation, and ';Retrowange novelle' The Future of Old French Marian Song Chapter 5: Rutebeuf: Beyond the World of Marian Song Rutebeuf's Polemical Marian Poetry Marian Devotion Dramatized When Mary Intercedes: 'Un dist de Nostre Dame' Conclusion: Contrafacture and Cultural Exchange Appendix of textual and musical editions of songs and poems Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationDaniel E. O’Sullivan is an assistant professor in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Mississippi. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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