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The writer's gift or the patron's pleasure? : the literary economy in late medieval France

Title
  1. The writer's gift or the patron's pleasure? : the literary economy in late medieval France / Deborah McGrady.
Published by
  1. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
  2. ©2019
Author
  1. McGrady, Deborah L., 1967-

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Description
  1. xii, 321 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  1. "The Writer's Gift or the Patron's Pleasure? introduces a new approach to literary patronage through a reassessment of the medieval paragon of literary sponsorship, Charles V of France. Traditionally celebrated for his book commissions that promoted the vernacular, Charles V also deserves credit for having profoundly altered the literary economy when bypassing the traditional system of acquiring books through gifting to favor the commission. When upturning literary dynamics by soliciting works to satisfy his stated desires, the king triggered a multi-generational literary debate concerned with the effect a work's status as a solicited or unsolicited text had in determining the value and purpose of the literary enterprise. Treating first the king's commissioned writers and then canonical French late medieval authors, Deborah L. McGrady argues that continued discussion of these competing literary economies engendered the concept of the "writer's gift," which vernacular writers used to claim a distinctive role in society based on their triple gift of knowledge, wisdom, and literary talent."--
Subject
  1. Charles V, King of France, 1338-1380 > Art patronage
  2. Charles V, King of France, 1338-1380
  3. To 1500
  4. Authors and patrons > France > History > To 1500
  5. Art commissions > France > History > To 1500
  6. French literature > To 1500
  7. LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French
  8. Art commissions
  9. Art patronage
  10. Authors and patrons
  11. French literature
  12. Intellectual life
  13. France > Intellectual life > To 1500
  14. France
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Call number
  1. JFE 19-3242
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-318) and index.
Author
  1. McGrady, Deborah L., 1967- author.
Title
  1. The writer's gift or the patron's pleasure? : the literary economy in late medieval France / Deborah McGrady.
Publisher
  1. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
Copyright date
  1. ©2019
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-318) and index.
Chronological term
  1. To 1500
ISBN
  1. 9781487503659 (hardcover)
  2. 1487503652
Research call number
  1. JFE 19-3242
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