Philippe de Vigneulles (1471--1528), cloth merchant and hosier from the city of Metz, wrote a collection of comic short stories which he called Cent Nouvelles ou contes joyeux. The work constitutes an important step in the development of the nouvelle form in France. In an extended explication, Ms. Kotin analyzes the tales for the modern reader, historically, generically, structurally, and in terms of their human significance. Inscribed in a tradition of short narrative forms in late medieval and early Renaissance France, these tales remake or recast traditional narrative patterns into new forms. Philippe de Vigneulles's tales constitute a "recit" of human life, supported by the sympathetic presence of the author and his beloved city of Metz.
- ISBN10 1322602786
- ISBN13 9781322602783
- Publish Date 1 January 2015 (first published 15 July 2014)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 9 June 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University Press of Kentucky
- Format eBook
- Pages 168
- Language English