Grover C. Furr, The Quarrel of the Roman de la Rose and Fourteenth Century Humanism. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Princeton University, January 1979. |
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PREFACE | iii |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
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I. | THE HUMANIST BACKGROUND OF THE QUARREL | 35 |
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A. The Quarrel and Defenses of Poetry | 35 |
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B. The Fourteenth-Century Tradition of Defenses of Poetry by Humanists | 55 |
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C. Attacks Upon Poetry on Grounds of Immorality | 60 |
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II. | THE DEFENSE OF ALLEGORY | 90 |
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III. | HUMANISTS AND THEIR OPPONENTS In PARIS | 143 |
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IV. | WHAT SEEMS OLD IS REALLY NEW: INNOVATION BEHIND THE MASK OF TRADITIONALISM In LATE FOURTEENTH-CENTURY HUMANISM | 187 |
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V. | THE PLACE OF THE QUARREL OF THE ROMAN In LITERARY AND CULTURAL HISTORY | 222 |
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A. The Quarrel of the Roman as an Important Episode in the History of Early European Humanism | 224 |
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B. The Quarrel and the Roman as a Document in French Cultural Life | 232 |
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C. Conclusion: The Broader Historical Implications of the Quarrel | 237 |
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1. | THE LITERARY DEBATE OF 1395, INVOLVING CLAMANGES, MONTREUIL, PIETRAMALA, AND PREMIERFAIT | 245 |
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A. The Petrarchan Background | 245 |
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B. The French Debate | 250 |
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1. | Defense of French Culture | 253 |
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2. | Sapientia and Eloquentia | 270 |
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2. | THE DEBATE BETWEEN JEAN DE MONTREUIL, GONTIER COL, AMBROGIO DEI MIGLI, AND NICHOLAS DE CLAMANGES, OF 1400-1401 | 289 |
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A. The Careers of the Humanists and their Literary Practices | 294 |
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B. Literary Debate as Exercise for Practice | 310 |
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C. The Limits of the Friendships Among Humanists | 319 |
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1. | The Literary Basis of Humanists Friendships | 332 |
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2. | The Consciousness of a Distinct Interest, or "Solidarity," Among These Humanists | 340 |
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D. Implications of Conclusions About This Debate for the Study of the Quarrel of the Roman | 350 |
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1. | Humanists Literary Activity Indissolubly Linked with Their Economic Activity | 350 |
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2. | The Humanist Literary Debate Often (As Here) A Literary Exercise At Basis | 351 |
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3. | The Mutual Interests of Our Humanists and the "Solidarity" or Unity Among Them | 354 |
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4. | The Limits of the Hostility in Literary Quarrels Among Humanists Determined by Their More Fundamental Unity of Interest, or "Solidarity" | 355 |
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3. | THE MINOR LITERARY DEBATES AMONG THE EARLY FRENCH HUMANISTS | 359 |
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A. Debate #1. Jean de Montreuil, Ambrogio dei Migli, Nicholas de Clamanges, and Others | 360 |
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B. Debate #2. Laurent de Premierfait and Jean de Montreuil | 378 |
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C. Debate #3. Jean de Montreuil and Gontier Col | 392 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY | 397 |
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DISSERTATION ABSTRACT | 422 |