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«Est-ce le fil du langage qui retient le cerf-volant de ce que nous sommes ou est-ce l'envol du cerf-volant qui donne au fil sa tension particulière ? Reste que quelque chose tient et emporte jusqu'à faire apparaître une forme qui n'est pas plus de l'autre que de moi. Mais sûrement en deçà de ce qui s'expose. Ombre pour ombre.» Annie Le Brun.

French poetry

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"This volume contains English translations of three Old Norse-Icelandic renderings of French chansons de geste (Elis saga ok Rosamundu, Bevers saga, and Flovents saga), and of one Icelandic chivalric romance (Baerings saga). The French epics translated into Old Norse-Icelandic were composed under the influence of courtly romance and were anonymous narratives subject to revision and recreation. These translations resulted in a new Icelandic genre, the riddarasaga or chivalric saga, of which Baerings saga is the first."--

Sagas --- Old Norse literature --- Lays --- French poetry --- Chivalry in literature

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French poetry --- History and criticism. --- Verlaine, Paul, --- Baudelaire, Charles, --- Mallarmé, Stéphane,

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"Allusions are central to epic poetry in both the classical world and the Enlightenment, yet the question of what constitutes an allusion is still debated. This volume applies the techniques of computational linguistics to generate a model of allusions in Voltaire's Henriade and Vergil's Aeneid. The poetic features identified are shown to distinguish allusion from coincidental similarity in the eyes of readers. Reader reaction to a possible allusion is shown to be stable, and the features of epic allusion are shown to be effective in a modern context. This empirical description of a pœtic device improves our understanding of poetic composition, and our understanding of the way human beings process language."--Back cover

French poetry --- Epic poetry, French --- Epic poetry, Classical --- Allusions in literature --- Voltaire, - 1694-1778 --- Virgil

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"Comme en témoigne le nombre de manuscrits conservés, la Conception Nostre Dame de Wace, le Romanz de Dieu et de sa mere d'Herman de Valenciennes, le Roman de saint Fanuel et d'autres récits en vers français ont rencontré à partir des XIIe-XIIIe siècles un succès significatif. C'est que leur sujet n'est autre que la vie du Christ et de sa mère, racontée à partir des Evangiles, mais également de traditions apocryphes et légendaires, avec des épisodes inédits et de nouveaux personnages.Les emprunts à des sources non canoniques, comme à des motifs relevant du genre épique ou romanesque, posent la question du rapport entre l'Histoire sainte et la fiction, entre la lettre de l'escrit et la voix du narrateur, entre la parole d'autorité et l'art de "trouver" et rimer. Car ces poèmes visaient en principe à édifier plus qu'à charmer ou divertir, la théologie narrative contribuant de façon essentielle à la diffusion et à l'appropriation de connaissances religieuses.Le récit permettait en outre une expérience spirituelle par l'identification aux personnages mis en scène : il offrait par leur entremise un accès précieux à l'intimité du Sauveur et de sa mère, ainsi que des exemples de service ou de conversion. Ces exemples sont parfois appuyés par des "moralités", tandis que récit et discours explicite se complètent mutuellement pour soutenir une fervente dévotion mariale"--Back cover. "As evidenced by the number of preserved manuscripts, the Conception Nostre Dame by Wace, the Romanz de Dieu et de sa mere by Herman de Valenciennes, the Roman de saint Fanuel and other stories in French verse were encountered from the 12th century onwards. Their subject is none other than the life of Christ and his mother, told from the Gospels, but also from apocryphal and legendary traditions, with unpublished episodes and new characters. Borrowings from non-canonical sources, as well as from motifs relating to the epic or romantic genre, raise the question of the relationship between holy history and fiction, between the letter of the writing and the voice of the narrator, between the words of authority and the art of "finding" and rhyming. Because these poems aimed in principle to edify more than to charm or entertain, narrative theology contributed in an essential way to the dissemination and appropriation of religious knowledge. The story also allowed a spiritual experience through identification with the characters portrayed: through them it offered precious access to the intimacy of the Savior and his mother, as well as examples of service or conversion. These examples are sometimes supported by "moralities", while narrative and explicit discourse complement each other to support a fervent Marian devotion"--Publisher's description (English translation).

Christian poetry, French --- French poetry --- Narrative theology --- Apocryphal books --- History and criticism --- Criticism, interpretation, etc --- Jesus Christ --- Mary, --- Wace, --- Herman, --- Criticism and interpretation.