Representing the dead : epitaph fictions in late-medieval France / Helen J. Swift.

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Swift, Helen J., 1979- [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge : D.S. Brewer, 2016.
Description
xiv, 334 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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    "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.
    Bibliographic references
    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
    • Bibliography
    • Index.
    ISBN
    • 9781843844365 ((hardback))
    • 1843844362
    LCCN
    2016479694
    OCLC
    941875018
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