Title: Sampling the book : Renaissance prologues and the French conteurs /
Authors: Losse, Deborah N., 1944-
Publisher: Bucknell University Press ; Associated University Press,
Year: 1994
Subjects: French fiction History and criticism Theory, etc.; Authors and readers France History; French fiction Criticism, Textual.; Prologues and epilogues History and criticism.; Short stories, French Criticism, Textual.; Authority in literature.; Transmission of texts.; Books France Format.; Renaissance France; Literary form; Literary form History; Transmission of texts France.
Abstract: This is the first comprehensive study of the prefaces of the major French Renaissance writers of short narrative form. The recent renewal of interest in the art of printing, in the performative aspects of prefatory discourse, and in reader response has stimulated research in liminary forms.
Contents: 1. From Auctor to Auteur: Authorization and Appropriation in the Renaissance -- 2. Nue verite ou invention poetique? History and Fiction in the Prologue of the Renaissance Nouvelle -- 3. Sampling the Book: Beginning Metaphors and Their Poetic Function -- 4. The Functions of the Prologue: A Renaissance View -- 5. Bridging the Gap: The Transition to the Main Text -- 6. Women Addressing Women -- The Differentiated Text.