The Politics of Print During the French Wars of Religion : Literature and History in an Age of Nothing Said Too Soon.
P. Haake, Gregory.
The Politics of Print During the French Wars of Religion : Literature and History in an Age of Nothing Said Too Soon. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (361 pages) - Faux Titre Series ; v.443 . - Faux Titre Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Crisis -- 1 The Crisis of Representation -- 1.1 Too Much of a Good Thing -- 1.2 Nominalism -- 1.3 Scholasticism vs. Humanism -- 1.4 Ancients vs. Moderns -- 2 The Crisis of Interpretation -- 2.1 Imitation -- 2.2 A New Word -- 2.3 Destructive Debates -- 3 The Crisis of Authority -- 3.1 Authority and the Church -- 3.2 The Monarchy and Authority -- 3.3 History and Authority -- 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Fanatics, Martyrs, and the Rhetoric of Extremes -- 1 "Le bon & -- saint zele": Extreme Devotion to the Cause -- 2 Tyranny: The Extremes of Princely Rule -- 2.1 Atheism and Tyranny -- 3 The Rhetoric of Martyrdom -- 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Print Matters -- 1 The Power of a Preface -- 2 Sacred Scripture: A Charged Textual Frame -- 2.1 Scripture on the Title Page -- 2.2 Judith and Holofernes: Exegesis, Politics, and History -- 2.3 Judith and Holofernes: Counterpoint -- 2.4 Weaving Together Poetry and Scripture -- 3 Poetic Interludes: Framing Texts with Verse -- 3.1 De l'estrange et subite mort de Henri de Valois -- 3.2 Pierre de l'Estoile's Registre-journal -- 3.3 Charles Pinselet's Le Martyre des deux freres -- 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Recreating Authority in the Person(a) of the Author -- 1 Ronsard's Political Intervention and Personal Attacks -- 2 Teaching through Drama: Jean de La Taille and Saül le furieux -- 3 Experience Knows Best: Finding Authority in Foreignness -- 4 Prometheus and Prophet: Stealing the Truth for the Reader -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 The Mémoire of the Advocate David and the Discrediting of the Guises -- 1 The Treason of the Guises: The Mémoire and Papal Authority -- 1.1 The Gesta Stephani papæ -- 1.2 A Direct Response and a Call to Action -- 2 Lyon Looks South: An Alternative Emphasis for the Mémoire -- 2.1 The Sack of Antwerp of 1576. 3 Making It Stick: The Enduring Nature of the Mémoire as a Political Attack -- 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 6 The Truth at the Source -- 1 From Calumny to Exaltation: Seeking Unity and Truth in the Wisdom of the Past -- 1.1 The Language is the Message -- 1.2 Here Come the Franks -- 1.3 Better than Troy -- 2 Excessive and Repetitive Citation -- 3 Arming the Resistance: Differing Approaches Among Monarchomachs -- 3.1 Propagandistic and Reactionary -- 3.2 A Change in Rhetoric and a Change in Evidence -- 4 Obstacles to Hotman's Success -- Conclusion Finding a Way Out -- Bibliography -- Index.
In The Politics of Print During the French Wars of Religion, Gregory Haake examines how, in late sixteenth-century France, authors and publishers used the printed text to control the terms of public discourse and determine history, or at least their narrative of it.
9789004440814
French literature-16th century-History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PQ239 .H335 2021
840.9003
The Politics of Print During the French Wars of Religion : Literature and History in an Age of Nothing Said Too Soon. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (361 pages) - Faux Titre Series ; v.443 . - Faux Titre Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Crisis -- 1 The Crisis of Representation -- 1.1 Too Much of a Good Thing -- 1.2 Nominalism -- 1.3 Scholasticism vs. Humanism -- 1.4 Ancients vs. Moderns -- 2 The Crisis of Interpretation -- 2.1 Imitation -- 2.2 A New Word -- 2.3 Destructive Debates -- 3 The Crisis of Authority -- 3.1 Authority and the Church -- 3.2 The Monarchy and Authority -- 3.3 History and Authority -- 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Fanatics, Martyrs, and the Rhetoric of Extremes -- 1 "Le bon & -- saint zele": Extreme Devotion to the Cause -- 2 Tyranny: The Extremes of Princely Rule -- 2.1 Atheism and Tyranny -- 3 The Rhetoric of Martyrdom -- 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Print Matters -- 1 The Power of a Preface -- 2 Sacred Scripture: A Charged Textual Frame -- 2.1 Scripture on the Title Page -- 2.2 Judith and Holofernes: Exegesis, Politics, and History -- 2.3 Judith and Holofernes: Counterpoint -- 2.4 Weaving Together Poetry and Scripture -- 3 Poetic Interludes: Framing Texts with Verse -- 3.1 De l'estrange et subite mort de Henri de Valois -- 3.2 Pierre de l'Estoile's Registre-journal -- 3.3 Charles Pinselet's Le Martyre des deux freres -- 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Recreating Authority in the Person(a) of the Author -- 1 Ronsard's Political Intervention and Personal Attacks -- 2 Teaching through Drama: Jean de La Taille and Saül le furieux -- 3 Experience Knows Best: Finding Authority in Foreignness -- 4 Prometheus and Prophet: Stealing the Truth for the Reader -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 The Mémoire of the Advocate David and the Discrediting of the Guises -- 1 The Treason of the Guises: The Mémoire and Papal Authority -- 1.1 The Gesta Stephani papæ -- 1.2 A Direct Response and a Call to Action -- 2 Lyon Looks South: An Alternative Emphasis for the Mémoire -- 2.1 The Sack of Antwerp of 1576. 3 Making It Stick: The Enduring Nature of the Mémoire as a Political Attack -- 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 6 The Truth at the Source -- 1 From Calumny to Exaltation: Seeking Unity and Truth in the Wisdom of the Past -- 1.1 The Language is the Message -- 1.2 Here Come the Franks -- 1.3 Better than Troy -- 2 Excessive and Repetitive Citation -- 3 Arming the Resistance: Differing Approaches Among Monarchomachs -- 3.1 Propagandistic and Reactionary -- 3.2 A Change in Rhetoric and a Change in Evidence -- 4 Obstacles to Hotman's Success -- Conclusion Finding a Way Out -- Bibliography -- Index.
In The Politics of Print During the French Wars of Religion, Gregory Haake examines how, in late sixteenth-century France, authors and publishers used the printed text to control the terms of public discourse and determine history, or at least their narrative of it.
9789004440814
French literature-16th century-History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PQ239 .H335 2021
840.9003