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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Tether, Leah
Titre(s) : Publishing the Grail in Medieval and Renaissance France [Texte imprimé] / Leah Tether
Publication : Woodbridge (GB) : D. S. Brewer, 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XII-202 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : Arthurian studies ; 85
Lien à la collection : Arthurian studies
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 178-194. Index
The Grail is one of the most enduring literary motifs in publishing history. In spite
of an ever-changing world, the reading public has maintained a fascination for this
enigmatic object, as well as the various adventures and characters associated with
it. But the nature and reception of the Grail have not remained static. Thanks to
the fact that the first known author of a Grail story, Chretien de Troyes, died c.1180-90
before completing his tale and revealing the meaning of the Grail, authors and publishers
across history have reimagined, reinterpreted and re-packaged Grail literature so
as to appeal to the developing tastes and interests of their target audiences. This
book analyses the developing publication practices associated with French Grail literature
in medieval and Renaissance France. Arguing for pre-print book production as constituting
an early incarnation of a publishing trade, it discusses such matters as the disclosure
of authorship and patronage, and the writing and formatting of blurbs, as well as
tactics of compilation as production techniques that bear evidence of common commercial
motivations between pre- and post-print publication. The distinctive investigation
of manuscript and early-print evidence brings medieval and early-modern publishers
and their concepts of both product and market into focus
Sujet(s) : Queste del Saint-Graal
Graal
Littérature française -- Avant 1500 -- Thèmes, motifs
Genre ou forme : Éditions de manuscrits
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781843844266 (rel.). - ISBN 1843844265 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45325690r
Notice n° :
FRBNF45325690
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
