For this bilingual (English-French) anthology of early modern fictitious catalogues, selections were made from a multitude of texts, from the genreâs beginnings (Rabelaisâs satirical catalogue of the Library of St.-Victor (1532)) to its French and Dutch specimens from around 1700. In thirteen chapters, written by specialists in the field, diverse texts containing fictitious booklists are presented and contextualized. Several of these texts are well known (by authors such as Fischart, Doni, and Le Noble), others â undeservedly â are less known, or even unrecorded. The anthology is preceded by a literary historical and theoretical introduction addressing the parodic and satirical aspects of the genre, and its relationship to other genres: theatre, novel, and pamphlet.
Paul J. Smith is Professor of French Literature at Leiden University. He has published monographs, collective volumes and many articles on French Literature, including the co-edited volume Natural History in Early Modern France (2018).
"This anthology makes clear that more systematic research into the (satirical) genre of imaginary book catalogues is in order. Precisely the interaction between fiction and fact makes this genre so attractive and exciting." (translated from Dutch)
Rindert Jagersma, Radboud University, in JCW 43.2 (Mededelingen van de Stichting Jacob Campo Weyerman)
Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Notes on the Editors Notes on the Contributors
1 Imaginary Booklists â History and Typology: an Introduction
âAnne-Pascale Pouey-Mounou and Paul J. Smith
12 Pamphlets with Satirical Book Catalogues: the Art of Political Blaming in 1672
âMarijke Meijer Drees
13 Le Colporteur de Proserpineâ: un catalogue satirique dans Les Promenades dâEustache Le Noble
âHelwi Blom
14 Wieringa â Doedijns â Anna Folie â Van Lennep: Dutch Versions of Rabelaisâs Library of Saint-Victor
âPaul J. Smith and Dirk Geirnaert
Index Nominum
Index of Existing and Imaginary Authors, Printers, and Dedicatees, Mentioned in the Anthologized Fictitious Booklists
All interested in early modern European literature (esp. French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, and Neolatin), book history and bibliography, and authors such as Rabelais and Fischart. Keywords: fictitious booklists, bibliothèques imaginaires, libraries, Rabelais, Fischart, book history, bibliography.