{"product_id":"the-writers-gift-or-the-patrons-pleasure-the-literary-economy-in-late-medieval-france-hardback-9781487503659","title":"The Writer's Gift or the Patron's Pleasure?; The Literary Economy in Late Medieval France (Hardback) 9781487503659","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Writer's Gift or the Patron's Pleasure?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Literary Economy in Late Medieval France\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDeborah L. McGrady (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487503659\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 February 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e366 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.64 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wemmers\u0026amp;#x2019; \u003ci\u003eVictimology: A Canadian Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for those interested in victims of crime in all their dynamism – theoretically, politically, and within the disciplines. However, Wemmers takes this further by providing a powerful analysis of structural and institutional reform, through the emerging human rights instruments that place victim rights firmly on the policy agenda. Bringing together a volume of this kind is no small feat, internationally significant, but with obvious relevance to those especially interested in Canada\u0026amp;#x2019;s justice response.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Elizabeth L\u0026amp;#x2019;Estrange, University of Birmingham (\u003cem\u003eRenaissance Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"Deborah McGrady\u0026amp;#x2019;s analysis of patronage practices during the last quarter of the fourteenth century and the first quarter of the fifteenth, as evidenced not only by authorial dedications and presentation miniatures but also archival records, texts themselves, and manuscript witnesses, offers keen insight into the politically fraught institution hiding behind the nostalgic idea of medieval \u003ci\u003emecenat\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - S.C. Kaplan, Rice University (\u003cem\u003e French Studies\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"Deborah McGrady\u0026amp;#x2019;s rich, meticulously researched, and lucidly written monograph addresses this surprising gap in modern studies of late medieval book communities. She shows that the decades surrounding Charles V\u0026amp;#x2019;s translation project constitute a crucial moment of change in medieval patronage practices, characterized by a tension between spontaneous artistic expressions freely offered by the poet and transactional commissions undertaken for the pleasure of the patron.\" \u003c\/p\u003e - Julie Slinger, Washington University in St. Louis (\u003cem\u003eH-France Review\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Writer\u0026amp;#x2019;s Gift or the Patron\u0026amp;#x2019;s Pleasure?\u003c\/i\u003e Makes important contributions to the fields of literary studies, economic history, art history, and the history of the material text—it is a pleasure to read and a gift to the scholarly community.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Sarah Wilma Watson (\u003ci\u003eSpeculum, Vol. 96, No. 2\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Writer\u0026amp;#x2019;s Gift or the Patron\u0026amp;#x2019;s Pleasure?\u003c\/em\u003e introduces a new approach to literary patronage through a reassessment of the medieval paragon of literary sponsorship, Charles V of France. Traditionally celebrated for his book commissions that promoted the vernacular, Charles V also deserves credit for having profoundly altered the literary economy when bypassing the traditional system of acquiring books through gifting to favor the commission. When upturning literary dynamics by soliciting works to satisfy his stated desires, the king triggered a multi-generational literary debate concerned with the effect a work\u0026amp;#x2019;s status as a solicited or unsolicited text had in determining the value and purpose of the literary enterprise.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTreating first the king's commissioned writers and then canonical French late medieval authors, Deborah McGrady argues that continued discussion of these competing literary economies engendered the concept of the \"writer\u0026amp;#x2019;s gift,\" which vernacular writers used to claim a distinctive role in society based on their triple gift of knowledge, wisdom, and literary talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Rethinking Literary Patronage in a Medieval Context \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. King Charles V\u0026amp;#x2019;s Sapientia Project: From the Construction of the Louvre Library to the Books He Commissioned\u003cbr\u003e2. The Writer\u0026amp;#x2019;s Work: Translating Charles V\u0026amp;#x2019;s Literary Clientelism into Learned Terms\u003cbr\u003e3. Guillaume de Machaut\u0026amp;#x2019;s Fictions of Engagement\u003cbr\u003e4. Eustache Deschamps on the Duties and Dues of Poetry\u003cbr\u003e5. The Pursuit of Sponsorship: From Christine de Pizan\u0026amp;#x2019;s Troubled Dealings with Louis of Orléans to Marketing Nostalgia\u003cbr\u003e6. The Curse of the Commission: Christine de Pizan on Sacrificing Charles V\u0026amp;#x2019;s Biography \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595458998552,"sku":"9781487503659","price":47.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-writers-gift-or-the-patrons-pleasure-the-literary-economy-in-late-medieval-france-hardback-9781487503659","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}