The Judgment of Palaemon: The Contest Between Neo-Latin and Vernacular Poetry in Renaissance France

288 Pages·2013·3.013 MB·English

by  Philip Ford

The Judgment of Palaemon
Medieval and Renaissance
Authors and Texts
Editor-in-Chief
Francis G. Gentry
Emeritus Professor of German, Penn State University
Editorial Board
Teodolinda Barolini, Columbia University
Cynthia Brown, University of California, Santa Barbara
Marina Brownlee, Princeton University
Keith Busby, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Craig Kallendorf, Texas A&M University
Alastair Minnis, Yale University
Brian Murdoch, Stirling University
Jan Ziolkowski, Harvard University and Dumbarton Oaks
Research Library and Collection
VOLUME 9
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The Judgment of Palaemon
The Contest between Neo-Latin and
Vernacular Poetry in Renaissance France
By
Philip Ford
LEiDEN • BOSTON
2013
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ford, Philip, 1949–
 The Judgment of Palaemon : the Contest Between Neo-Latin and Vernacular Poetry in
Renaissance France / by Philip Ford.
  pages cm. — (Medieval and Renaissance Authors and Texts ; Volume 9)
 includes bibliographical references and index.
 iSBN 978-90-04-24539-6 (hardback : acid-free paper) — iSBN (invalid) 978-90-04-24540-2
(e-book)
1. French poetry—16th century—History and criticism. 2. Latin poetry, Medieval and modern—
France—History and criticism. i. Title.
 PQ418.F67 2013
 841’.309—dc23
2012045662
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iSSN 0925-7683
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CONTENTS
List of Tables and Figures  ............................................................................ ix
Acknowledgements  ........................................................................................ xi
Preface  ................................................................................................................ xiii
1. introduction ................................................................................................. 1
2. Joachim Du Bellay: Language and Culture  ........................................ 23
3. The Neo-Catullan Revolution  ................................................................ 55
4. Martial, Marot, and ‘le petit mot pour rire’  ...................................... 97
5. Epitaphs and tombeaux  ........................................................................... 127
6. The Latin Ronsard  .................................................................................... 159
7. The Morel Salon: A Microcosm of the Res publica litterarum  ...... 203
Conclusion  ........................................................................................................ 227
Appendix: List of French Authors  ............................................................. 235
Bibliography  ..................................................................................................... 257
index  ................................................................................................................... 265