Research Catalog

Title

His story, her story : a literary mystery of Renaissance France / Jean M. Fallon.

Author

Fallon, Jean M., 1955-

Publication

New York : Peter Lang, ©2003.

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Details

Description

xviii, 200 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"In 1577 France a prominent member of the court of King Henri III murdered his wife under mysterious circumstances. Shortly afterward a group of anonymous poems written about the murder circulated in print. Seven years later, one of those poems, an enigmatic sonnet, appeared on the final page of a controversial edition of poems by the well-known French author, Pierre de Ronsard. Because that edition has been considered unauthorized throughout the years, the mysterious sonnet has rarely been read or examined. This book proposes attributing authorship of the sonnet to Ronsard by investigating numerous historical figures and events associated with the sonnet, the contested, controversial edition of the poems, and the life of the poet himself. Calling attention to a fascinating poem, a turbulent society as well as to forgotten voices by combining intelligent speculation with historical data, His Story, Her Story reopens a literary mystery that has been neglected for centuries."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Ronsard, Pierre de, 1524-1585 > Authorship
• Ronsard, Pierre de, 1524-1585
• Ronsard, Pierre de 1524-1585
• Ronsard, Pierre, e > Sonett > Autorschaft
• Sonnets, French > History and criticism
• Authorship
• Sonnets, French
• Autorschaft
• Mord Motiv
• Sonett
• Toeschrijvingen
• Sonett > Autorschaft > Ronsard, Pierre /de
• Autorschaft > Sonett > Ronsard, Pierre /de

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• Attribution of an anonymous sonnet to Pierre de Ronsard.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-200).

Contents

The Politics -- The Accounts -- The Sonnet -- The Two Editions -- The Copyright Issues -- The Veiled Meanings -- The Feminine -- The Meeting at Blois -- The Documents -- The Legacy -- The Contexts -- The Last Verses -- The Call of Duty.

ISBN

• 0820462497
• 9780820462493

LCCN

2003002596

OCLC

• ocm51752524
• 51752524
• SCSB-9129456

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library