The Shadow of Dante in French Renaissance Lyric: Scève’s “Délie”

Alison Baird Lovell

Published by Medieval Institute Publications 2021

The Shadow of Dante in French Renaissance Lyric

Scève’s “Délie”

Alison Baird Lovell

Volume 26 in the series Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501513596

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This book presents an interpretation of Maurice Scève’s lyric sequence Délie, object de plus haulte vertu (Lyon, 1544) in literary relation to the Vita nuova, Commedia, and other works of Dante Alighieri. Dante’s subtle influence on Scève is elucidated in depth for the first time, augmenting the allusions in Délie to the Canzoniere of Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca). Scève’s sequence of dense, epigrammatic dizains is considered to be an early example, prior to the Pléiade poets, of French Renaissance imitation of Petrarch’s vernacular poetry, in a time when imitatio was an established literary practice, signifying the poet’s participation in a tradition. While the Canzoniere is an important source for Scève’s Délie, both works are part of a poetic lineage that includes Occitan troubadours, Guinizzelli, Cavalcanti, and Dante. The book situates Dante as a relevant predecessor and source for Scève, and examines anew the Petrarchan label for Délie. Compelling poetic affinities emerge between Dante and Scève that do not correlate with Petrarch.

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Alison Baird Lovell, University of Wisconsin, USA.

Reviews

"[S]i Lovell montre dans son étude de façon convaincante que la poétique de Scève est par moments plus proche de celle de Dante, voire de celle de certains troubadours ou de poètes stilnovistes comme Guinizelli, cette proximité n’est jamais présentée comme une clé de lecture définitive, et c’est là l’un des grands mérites de cette étude aussi nuancée que prudente. […] Lovell s’inscrit avec succès dans un courant de travaux récents qui cherchent à mieux comprendre la façon dont Scève reprend et modifie les traditions poétiques dont il s’inspire. […] [L]’étude de Lovell confirme de façon convaincante que l’ombre de Dante, comme elle le dit si joliment, plane en effet sur Délie et sur la conception scévienne de l’amour et de la poésie."

(Thomas Hunkeler, in: Bibliothèque d’Humanisme et Renaissance. Travaux et documents LXXXIII, 2021, pp. 169–170)

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
List of illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Textual Note Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. “Ce Poëte ayant quasi l’esprit et l’entendement de Dante” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2. Scève and fin’amor: “Jouir d’un coeur, qui est tout tien amy” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
3. Scève, Ficino, Cavalcanti: “Parfeit un corps en sa parfection” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
4. Scève and Dante: “Fedeli d’amore” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
5. Scève and Dante: “Incessamment travaillant en moy celle” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
6. Scève and Dante: “L’amor che qui raffina” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
7. Scève and Petrarch: “Ardor fallace” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
8. Scève and Petrarch: “Constituée idole de ma vie” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Index of Poems and Cantos Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271

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Language: English
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Audience: Medievalists, Early Modernists, Scholars of Literary Studies, French and Italian Literature
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 273
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 8
Keywords: Maurice Scève; Dante Alighieri; Francesco Petrarch; Love; Poetry; Renaissance

eBook

Published: November 9, 2020
ISBN: 9781501513596

Hardcover

Published: November 9, 2020
ISBN: 9781501517976