Narrow Search
Search narrowed by
Last searches

Results for *

Displaying results 1 to 3 of 3.

  1. Sampling the book
    Renaissance prologues and the French conteurs
    Published: 1994
    Publisher:  Bucknell Univ. Press u.a., Lewisburg

    This is the first comprehensive study of the prefaces of the major French Renaissance writers of short narrative form. The recent renewal of interest in the art of printing, in the performative aspects of prefatory discourse, and in reader response... more

    Universitätsbibliothek Augsburg
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan
    Universitätsbibliothek Passau
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    This is the first comprehensive study of the prefaces of the major French Renaissance writers of short narrative form. The recent renewal of interest in the art of printing, in the performative aspects of prefatory discourse, and in reader response has stimulated research in liminary forms Sampling the Book sets the prologues of better-known storytellers - such as Rabelais, Bonaventure Des Periers, and Marguerite de Navarre - in the context of the prologues of both major and minor conteurs: Philippe de Vigneulles, Noel du Fail, Jacques Yver, le Seigneur de Cholieres, Nicholas de Troyes, Beroalde de Verville, and others Renaissance printing practices had a profound effect on the development of the prologue. As printed works began to reach an increasingly expanded public, writers began to use the liminary space of their works not only to announce the title and contents of the work to follow but to try to influence the reception of the text by offering guidelines to the reader

     

    Export to reference management software   RIS file
      BibTeX file
    Content information
  2. Sampling the book
    Renaissance prologues and the French conteurs
    Published: 1994
    Publisher:  Bucknell Univ. Press, Lewisburg [u.a.]

    Universitätsbibliothek Greifswald
    480/IF 2800 L881
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan
    Württembergische Landesbibliothek
    45/6201
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan
    Brechtbau-Bibliothek
    TG 264.066
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan
    Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel
    45.1621
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan
    Export to reference management software   RIS file
      BibTeX file
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 0838752446
    RVK Categories: IF 2800
    Subjects: French fiction; Authors and readers; French fiction; Prologues and epilogues; Short stories, French; Literary form; Transmission of texts; Books; Authority in literature; Renaissance
    Scope: 136 S., 24 cm
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-127) and index

  3. Sampling the book
    Renaissance prologues and the French conteurs
    Published: 1994
    Publisher:  Bucknell Univ. Press u.a., Lewisburg

    This is the first comprehensive study of the prefaces of the major French Renaissance writers of short narrative form. The recent renewal of interest in the art of printing, in the performative aspects of prefatory discourse, and in reader response... more

    Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    This is the first comprehensive study of the prefaces of the major French Renaissance writers of short narrative form. The recent renewal of interest in the art of printing, in the performative aspects of prefatory discourse, and in reader response has stimulated research in liminary forms Sampling the Book sets the prologues of better-known storytellers - such as Rabelais, Bonaventure Des Periers, and Marguerite de Navarre - in the context of the prologues of both major and minor conteurs: Philippe de Vigneulles, Noel du Fail, Jacques Yver, le Seigneur de Cholieres, Nicholas de Troyes, Beroalde de Verville, and others Renaissance printing practices had a profound effect on the development of the prologue. As printed works began to reach an increasingly expanded public, writers began to use the liminary space of their works not only to announce the title and contents of the work to follow but to try to influence the reception of the text by offering guidelines to the reader

     

    Export to reference management software   RIS file
      BibTeX file
    Content information