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Representing the dead : epitaph fictions in late-medieval France / Helen J. Swift.
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Swift, Helen J., 1979-
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English
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Cambridge : D.S. Brewer, 2016.
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xiv, 334 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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PQ155.D43 S86 2016
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Death in literature
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Early works to 1800
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Death in art
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Early works to 1800
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Series
Gallica (Woodbridge (Suffolk, England)) ; volume 40.
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Gallica, 1749-091X ; volume 40
Summary note
"Who am I when I am dead? Several late-medieval French writers used literary representation of the dead as a springboard for exploring the nature of human being. Death is a critical moment for identity definition: one is remembered, forgotten or, worse, misremembered. Works in prose and verse by authors from Alain Chartier to Jean Boucher record characters' deaths, but what distinguishes them as epitaph fictions is not their commemoration of the deceased, so much as their interrogation of how, by whom and to what purpose posthumous identity is constituted."--P. [4] of cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-322) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Representing the dead
1 Framing identity: 'je suis' and 'cy gist'
Identity and/as echo: the Belle Dame 'querelle and Le Jardin de plaisance
3 Dying to be told: storytelling and exemplarity 'selon le stile Jehan Bocace'
4 Placing the dead: cemeteries, hospitals and temples
Afterword: Illustrating the dead
Coda: Re-memeber me
Appendix: Early editions of the Jardin de plaisance et fleur de rethorique
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Index.
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ISBN
9781843844365 ((hardback))
1843844362
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2016479694
OCLC
941875018
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