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- The Narrative Imagination: Comic Tales by Phillippe de Vigneulles
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: The University Press of Kentucky
- Series: Studies in Romance Languages
summary
Philippe de Vigneulles (1471–1528), cloth merchant and hosier from the city of Metz, wrote a collection of comic short stories which he called Cent Nouvelles ou contes joyeux. The work constitutes an important step in the development of the nouvelle form in France. In an extended explication, Ms. Kotin analyzes the tales for the modern reader, historically, generically, structurally, and in terms of their human significance.
Inscribed in a tradition of short narrative forms in late medieval and early Renaissance France, these tales remake or recast traditional narrative patterns into new forms. Philippe de Vigneulles's tales constitute a "recit" of human life, supported by the sympathetic presence of the author and his beloved city of Metz.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-vi
- Introduction
- pp. 1-17
- 2. Sequential Models
- pp. 38-59
- 3. Comedy or Morality
- pp. 60-78
- 4. A New Realism
- pp. 79-96
- Conclusion
- pp. 97-106
- Appendix A: List of Short Titles
- pp. 107-110
- Appendix B: Classification of Adultery Tales
- pp. 111-112
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 121-136
- Index of Tales
- pp. 137-138
- General Index
- pp. 139-142
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813163710
Related ISBN(s)
9780813153513, 9780813194776
MARC Record
OCLC
644317424
Pages
152
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No