| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
North Carolina studies in the Romance languages and literatures ; no. 210.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
In this book, Richard A. Carr elucidates Boaistuau's quest for a 'nouvelle form' in his loose adaptation of Bandello's Novelle. Emphasizing psychological details absent in the Italian original, Carr repeatedly questions the human motives for the gruesome acts that Boaistuau selected as exempla for his readers. This book demonstrates the Boaistuau's use of two elements generally ignored by writers of his day, the conventions of tragedy, and those of rhetoric. Carr's discussion of his style of writing illuminates Boaistuau's use of each accepted rhetorical device to add to the aesthetic appeal of his text without falling into the excesses that would ultimately conflict with his didactic, moralistic purpose. This text delves not only into Boaistuau's work, but also into his character, placing him in the context of the conflict-ridden time in which he lived. The struggle between the author's moralist stance and seeming malaise when confronted with the violence that filled his world allows entry into the limbo that is seeing the evil in mankind, but having no assurance of the infallibility of God and His Law as a means of redemption. Through this analysis, Carr offers new insights on the complexity and generic innovation of an author often accused of banal superficiality. |
| Source of Description |
Print version of record. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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MOBIUS eMO Collection |
| Related To |
Print version: Carr, Richard A. Pierre Boaistuau's Histoires Tragiques : A Study of Narrative Form and Tragic Vision. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2018 9780807892107 |
| Subjects |
Bandello, Matteo, 1485-1561. Novelle.
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Boaistuau, Pierre, -1566 -- Technique.
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Boaistuau, Pierre, -1566 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Tragic, The, in literature.
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Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- 16th century.
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| ADD KEYWDS |
Boaistuau, Pierre, -1566. (OCoLC)fst01808624 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Add Title |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Department of Romance Languages. North Carolina studies in the Romance languages and literatures ; no. 210 |
| ISBN |
9781469642871 (electronic bk.) |
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1469642875 (electronic bk.) |
| OCLC # |
eMOe1030031629 |
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