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Philippe de Vigneulles and the Art of Prose Translation (Hardcover)
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Philippe de Vigneulles and the Art of Prose Translation (Hardcover)
Series: Gallica
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The cultural agenda of Philippe de Vigneulles, translator of the
Lorraine epic cycle into Middle French prose. Over fifty chansons
de geste were reworked into prose between the fourteenth and
sixteenth centuries for patrons and audiences who demanded updated,
de-rhymed versions of heroic songs. While most prose translations
were commissioned by noble patrons, Philippe de Vigneulles
(1471-1527), a cloth merchant of Metz, operated outside the system
of patronage on self-imposed projects with a pronounced civic bias.
His translation of the monumental Lorraine epic cycle into Middle
French prose afforded him an opportunity to reconfigure the city's
legendary past and validate the concerns of a prosperous merchant
class. The craft of mise en prose is examined in the context of the
author's larger cultural agenda as he weaves the epic legend into
his civic, personal and aesthetic preoccupations. This perspective
illuminates a previously neglected sphere of medieval literary
production, revealing fundamental assumptions about the epic
tradition and the power of prose in urban culture. CATHERINE M.
JONES is Associate Professor of French and Provencal at the
University of Georgia.
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