Jane H. M. Taylor

First comprehensive examination of the ways in which printers, publishers and booksellers adapted and rewrote Arthurian romance in early modern France, for new audiences and in new forms.

From Manuscript to Printed Book

Rewriting Arthurian Romance in Renaissance France

Lesley Janette Smith

Lesley M. Smith

Papers on women and religion in the middle ages, drawn from archive, manuscipt and early printed sources.

Selected Proceedings of the St. Hilda's Conference, 1993

Women, the Book, and the Godly

Michael Freeman

Jane Hilary Margaret Taylor

These proceedings of the colloquium held at Oxford in 1996 bear witness to the vitality of Villon studies across the world. Leading scholars in the field came together to demonstrate the lively diversity of approach and range which characterizes the study of a man who has been described as the last great medieval and the first great modern poet. As the sub-title of the volume indicates, emphasis is placed on the drama of the text, and how Villon brought his work alive in ways which owe much to contemporary theatre and popular culture. At the same time full recognition is given to his debt to the literary tradition of his day, and the unique way he uses and manipulates it. As a result, all those interested in French poetry in the late-medieval period will find the different papers essential reading for a better understanding of Villon himself and his place in the French poetic canon.

The Drama of the Text : Proceedings of the Conference Held at St. Hilda's College Oxford, March 1996

Villon at Oxford

Taylor explores the work of François Villon and his relationship to his predecessors and contemporaries.

Text and Context

The Poetry of François Villon

Edith McMorran

Guy Leclercq

The fruit of a lively meeting of translators and academics, the papers in this important volume look at a broad and exciting range of translation problems.

Jane H. M. Taylor

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