1. The Chanson de Roland. JANE GILBERT. 21. 2. The Old French Vulgate cycle.
PEGGY MC CRACKEN. 35. 3. Le Roman de la rose. NOAH D . GUYNN. 48. 4.
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List of illustrations Notes on contributors Chronology
page vii ix xii
Introduction SIMON GAUNT AND SARAH KAY
WHAT IS A MEDIEVAL FRENCH TEXT?
PART I
1
21
The Old French Vulgate cycle 35
P E G G Y MC C R A C K E N
3
Le Roman de la rose 48
NOAH D. GUYNN
4
The Testament of Franc¸ois Villon ADRIAN ARMSTRONG
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7 Guillaume de Machaut 109
DEBORAH MCGRADY
8 Christine de Pizan
123
MARILYNN DESMOND
PART III
WHAT IS THE VALUE OF GENRE FOR MEDIEVAL
137
FRENCH LITERATURE?
9 Narrative genres 139
KEITH BUSBY
10 Lyric poetry of the later Middle Ages 153
JANE H. M. TAYLOR
11 Genre, parody, and spectacle
167
SARAH KAY
12 Theatre and theatricality 181
HELEN SOLTERER
PART IV
HOW CAN WE READ MEDIEVAL FRENCH LITERATURE HISTORICALLY?
13 Feudalism and kingship JAMES R. SIMPSON
14 Clerks and laity EMMA CAMPBELL
195
197
210
15 The marital and the sexual WILLIAM BURGWINKLE
16 Others and alterity
225
SYLVIA HUOT
238
Appendix: Reference works for Old and Middle French Bibliography of medieval French texts Suggested further reading Index
