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The Politics of Print During the French Wars of Religion
Literature and History in an Age of âNothing Said Too Soonâ
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In The Politics of Print During the French Wars of Religion, Gregory Haake examines how, in late sixteenth-century France, authors and publishers used the new medium of the printed text to control the terms of public discourse and determine history, or at least their narrative of it.
The creativity of the Renaissance ushered in new instability of discourse and a decline of traditional centres of authority. Gregory Haake shows that poets, authors, printers, and polemicists â including historians, such as Simon Goulart; the great poets of the time, such as Pierre de Ronsard or Agrippa dâAubigné; or anonymous authors of polemical texts â rushed in to take advantage of discursive uncertainty to discredit their enemies and shape the meaning of history as it unfolded.
The creativity of the Renaissance ushered in new instability of discourse and a decline of traditional centres of authority. Gregory Haake shows that poets, authors, printers, and polemicists â including historians, such as Simon Goulart; the great poets of the time, such as Pierre de Ronsard or Agrippa dâAubigné; or anonymous authors of polemical texts â rushed in to take advantage of discursive uncertainty to discredit their enemies and shape the meaning of history as it unfolded.
Gregory P. Haake, Ph.D. (2015), Stanford University, is Assistant Professor of French at the University of Notre Dame. He has published articles on politics, religion, and literature in early modern France, as well as on lyric poetry.
"La force de cet ouvrage réside dans son effort pour résoudre trois problèmes épineux : le premier, traiter de Vernon Sullivan avec sérieux et dans son intégralité ; le deuxième sâattaquer à lâhétéronymie--notion majoritairement développée pour le compte de Pessoa ; le troisième créer une nouvelle typologie opérationnelle pour étudier les canulars, plagiats, hoax⦠Derrière cette étude, se trouve une position ontologique affirmée : la figure de lâauteur entendue comme une entité indépendante de lâécrivain. Ce dédoublement de lâauteur ouvre de nombreuses perspectives de recherches, et en premier lieu une réévaluation du couple traditionnel auteur/narrateur."
- Cécile Pajona,Université Côte dâAzur, in H-France Review, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2021
"Respectful toward primary materials, Haake also treats previous scholarship conscientiously, carefully canvasing, summarizing, and measuring decades of study across a wide range of topics and approaches."
- George Hoffmann, University of Michigan, in Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme, Vol. 44, No. 1, 2021
- Cécile Pajona,Université Côte dâAzur, in H-France Review, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2021
"Respectful toward primary materials, Haake also treats previous scholarship conscientiously, carefully canvasing, summarizing, and measuring decades of study across a wide range of topics and approaches."
- George Hoffmann, University of Michigan, in Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme, Vol. 44, No. 1, 2021
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Crisis
â1âThe Crisis of Representation
â2âThe Crisis of Interpretation
â3âThe Crisis of Authority
â4âConclusion
2 Fanatics, Martyrs, and the Rhetoric of Extremes
â1ââLe bon & saint zeleâ: Extreme Devotion to the Cause
â2âTyranny: The Extremes of Princely Rule
â3âThe Rhetoric of Martyrdom
â4âConclusion
3 Print Matters
â1âThe Power of a Preface
â2âSacred Scripture: A Charged Textual Frame
â3âPoetic Interludes: Framing Texts with Verse
â4âDe lâestrange et subite mort de Henri de Valois
â5âConclusion
4 Recreating Authority in the Person(a) of the Author
â1âRonsardâs Political Intervention and Personal Attacks
â2âTeaching through Drama: Jean de La Taille and Saül le Furieux
â3âExperience Knows Best: Finding Authority in Foreignness
â4âPrometheus and Prophet: Stealing the Truth for the Reader
â5âConclusion
5 The Mémoire of the Advocate David and the Discrediting of the Guises
â1âThe Treason of the Guises: The Mémoire and Papal Authority
â2âLyon Looks South: An Alternative Emphasis for the Mémoire
â3âMaking It Stick: The Enduring Nature of the Mémoire as a Political Attack
â4âConclusion
6 The Truth at the Source
â1âFrom Calumny to Exaltation: Seeking Unity and Truth in the Wisdom of the Past
â2âExcessive and Repetitive Citation
â3âArming the Resistance: Differing Approaches Among Monarchomachs
â4âObstacles to Hotmanâs Success
Conclusion: Finding a Way Out
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
1 Crisis
â1âThe Crisis of Representation
â2âThe Crisis of Interpretation
â3âThe Crisis of Authority
â4âConclusion
2 Fanatics, Martyrs, and the Rhetoric of Extremes
â1ââLe bon & saint zeleâ: Extreme Devotion to the Cause
â2âTyranny: The Extremes of Princely Rule
â3âThe Rhetoric of Martyrdom
â4âConclusion
3 Print Matters
â1âThe Power of a Preface
â2âSacred Scripture: A Charged Textual Frame
â3âPoetic Interludes: Framing Texts with Verse
â4âDe lâestrange et subite mort de Henri de Valois
â5âConclusion
4 Recreating Authority in the Person(a) of the Author
â1âRonsardâs Political Intervention and Personal Attacks
â2âTeaching through Drama: Jean de La Taille and Saül le Furieux
â3âExperience Knows Best: Finding Authority in Foreignness
â4âPrometheus and Prophet: Stealing the Truth for the Reader
â5âConclusion
5 The Mémoire of the Advocate David and the Discrediting of the Guises
â1âThe Treason of the Guises: The Mémoire and Papal Authority
â2âLyon Looks South: An Alternative Emphasis for the Mémoire
â3âMaking It Stick: The Enduring Nature of the Mémoire as a Political Attack
â4âConclusion
6 The Truth at the Source
â1âFrom Calumny to Exaltation: Seeking Unity and Truth in the Wisdom of the Past
â2âExcessive and Repetitive Citation
â3âArming the Resistance: Differing Approaches Among Monarchomachs
â4âObstacles to Hotmanâs Success
Conclusion: Finding a Way Out
Bibliography
Index
All interested in the French wars of religion and in the influence of literary discourse on politics.