Reading the Juggler of Notre Dame
Subtitle: Medieval Miracles and Modern Remakings
By: Jan M. Ziolkoski
Contributors: Open Book Publishers
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Published: 2022
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9781800643710
Subjects: Tombeor Nostre Dame; Influence; Medieval Civilization; Performing arts; History
Description: "In this two-part anthology, Jan M. Ziolkowski builds on themes uncovered in his earlier The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity. Here he focuses particularly on the performing arts. Part one contextualises Our Lady's Tumbler, a French poem of the late 1230s, by comparing it with episodes in the Bible and miracles in a wide variety of medieval European sources. It relates this material to analogues and folklore across the ages from, among others, Persian, Jewish and Hungarian cultures. Part two scrutinizes the reception and impact of the poem with reference to modern European and American literature, including works by the Nobel prize-winner Anatole France, professor-poet Katharine Lee Bates, philosopher-historian Henry Adams and poet W.H. Auden. This innovative collection of sources introduces readers to many previously untranslated texts, and invites them to explore the journey of Our Lady's Tumbler across both sides of the Atlantic. Reading the Juggler of Notre Dame: Medieval Miracles and Modern Remakings will benefit scholars and students alike. The short introductions and numerous annotations shed light on unusual beliefs and practices of the past, making the readings accessible to anyone with an interest in the arts and an openness to the Middle Ages."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-338) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Open Book Publishers website; viewed on 2020-07-28).
Table of contents: title: [Part 1]. Overview / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: Introduction / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 1. The Medieval Story / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 2. The Bible and Apocrypha / jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 3. The Life of the Fathers / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 4. The Pious Sweat of Monks / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 5. The Jongleur and the Black Virgin of Rocamadour / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 6. The Jongleurs and the Holy Candle of Arras / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 7. The Fiddler and the Holy Face of Lucca / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 8. The Fiddler and the Bearded Lady / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 9. The Dancer Musa / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 10. The Roman Report of "The Old Mime-Player" / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 11. The Persian Tale of "The Old Harper" / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 12. The Hasidic Tale of "The Little Whistle" / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 13. The Western Reality of Religious Performers / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 14. The Hungarian Tale of "The Fool" / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 15. Henri Pourrat, "Péquelé" / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: [Part 2]. Introduction / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 1. The Romance Philologists / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 2. The Medievalizer Félix Brun / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 3. The Poetaster Raymond de Borrelli / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 4. The Writer Anatole France / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 5. The Composer Jules Massenet / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 6. The Professor-Poet Katharine Lee Bates / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 7. The Philosopher-Historian Henry Adams / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 8. The Poet Edwin Markham / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 9. The Children's Book Writer Violet Moore Higgins / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 10. The Radio Narrator John Booth Nesbitt / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: 11. The Mid to Late Twentieth-Century Poets / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: Notes / Jan M. Ziolkowski.