Pontus de Tyard et son oevre poetique.Eva Kushner. Pontus de Tyard Pontus de Tyard (c. 1521 - September 23, 1605) was a French poet and priest, a member of "La Pléiade". He was born at Bissy-sur-Fley in Burgundy, of which he was seigneur, but the exact year of his birth is uncertain. et son oevre poetique. Bibliotheque litteraire de la Renaissance "La Renaissance" is the national anthem of the Central African Republic., adopted upon independence in 1960. The words were written by the then Prime Minister, Barthélémy Boganda. 3.49. Paris: Honore Champion Editeur, 2001. 354 pp. index. bibl. [euro] 48.80. ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m : 2-7453-0624-3. Eva Kushner's comprehensive work on Pontus de Tyard's poetic collections strives to connect the long life of the poet (ca. 1521-1605) with his literary output. Kushner initiates her study with a biography and then considers the three books of the Erreurs amoureuses, before ending with the Douze fables de fleuves et fontaines. Kushner examines each of Tyard's poetic sequences, seeking to elucidate the special esthetic es·thet·ic adj. Variant of aesthetic. at play in each, Tyard's spiritual quest, and the extent to which the poet's life influenced his poetics. In a short concluding chapter, Kushner entertains Tyard's Latin poetry Latin poetry was a major part of Latin literature during the height of the Latin language. During Latin literature's Golden Age, most of the great literature was written in poetry, including works by Virgil, Catullus, and Horace. . This study provides illuminating analyses of poems and allows the reader to appreciate Tyard's position in French Renaissance This article is about the cultural movement known as the French Renaissance. For more general historical information about France in this period (including demographics, language, economy and geography), see Early Modern France. poetry, where he has traditionally received less attention than Ronsard and Du Bellay du Bel·lay , Joachim See Joachim du Bellay. . Part 1 comprises a seven-chapter biographical essay, which familiarizes the uninitiated un·in·i·ti·at·ed adj. Not knowledgeable or skilled; inexperienced. n. An uninformed, unskilled, or inexperienced person or group of people. reader with Tyard's life. Kushner draws attention to Tyard's friendships, political leanings, and his academic and ecclesiastical training. Kushner chronicles Tyard's talents in theology, music, science, and mathematics, which he shared with numerous contemporaries, including Peletier du Mans, Baif, Montaigne, Du Bellay, and Ronsard. Early years spent near Lyon, as well as time in Paris, enabled Tyard to make significant contributions to both the Lyon School and to the Pleiade. Citing the religious skirmishes that characterized French politics during Tyard's lifetime, Kushner paints a portrait of an increasingly solitary Bishop of Chalon (Pontus de Tyard received his nomination in 1578) and of his devotion to the priestly life. Finally, Kushner examines the full scope of Tyard's humanism in the years before his death. Thus, the biographic essay provides an overview to the life of this Renaissance figure whose notoriety has been overshadowed by his contemporaries. Part 2 of Kushner's book deals with Tyard's poetic output. The first three of seven chapters treat the Erreurs amoureuses, the Continuation des Erreurs amoureuses, and the Troisieme livre li·vre n. 1. See Table at currency. 2. A money of account formerly used in France and originally worth a pound of silver. des Erreurs amoureuses. Tracing themes of beauty, nature, mythology, and time, as well as sketching historical bases for these poems, Kushner deftly weaves citations from the verses into her eloquent text. The critic invokes no innovative theory but seeks to combine close textual analysis with historical data. Drawing often upon John Lapp's 1966 critical study, Kushner seeks to place Tyard within a context shaped by his contemporaries, one which readers might recognize. She distinguishes within Tyard's work his originality and the particular areas of expertise that he offered to French Renaissance poetry. In chapter 4 Kushner lends attention to Le livre des vers vers abbr. versed sine liriques. Asserting that the poems in this group constitute a mosaic that could not easily be integrated into the Erreurs, Kushner praises the variety of subjects and styles presented. Moreover, she establishes textual links between these creations and lyric poems of Du Bellay and Ronsard. Chapter 5 explores Le Recueil des Nouvell' Oeuvres poetiques, where the influences of Tyard's literary coterie vie with refined introspection. Chapter 6 treats the pagan nature of the Douze Fables de fleuves ou fontaines. Here Kushner considers how Tyard adapts legendary accounts to his stylistic and thematic preferences. Referring to Tyard's recreations of mythological fables and to the text's overall harmony, Kushner likens this work to Du Bellay's Songe. In the concluding chapter, Kushner calls our attention to Tyard's Latin compositions. The linguistic freedom demonstrated in these poems affords Kushner the occasion to discuss Tyard's personal affinities and beliefs. Kushner's study provides an informative addition to our knowledge of both the life and creations of Pontus de Tyard. The painstaking examination and the multiple textual connections, established throughout Kushner's analyses, are useful to Tyard specialists and to those who are broadly acquainted with French Renaissance poetry. While establishing Tyard's links with Sceve, Labe, Du Bellay, and Ronsard, and demonstrating by turns the poet's Platonic and Petrarchan veins and their respective counter-ventures, Kushner offers close readings of Tyard's poetry. A detailed bibliography and an index of proper names complete Kushner's volume. The book contains typographical errors, and the Latin, Italian, and English texts cited are not accompanied by translations. These flaws pale before the veritable catalogue of insights that readers glean glean v. gleaned, glean·ing, gleans v.intr. To gather grain left behind by reapers. v.tr. 1. To gather (grain) left behind by reapers. 2. about Pontus de Tyard and his gifts to the academic community in which he lived. JEAN M. FALLON Hollins University Hollins University is a four-year institution of higher education, a private university located on a 475-acre campus on the border of Roanoke County, Virginia and Botetourt County, Virginia. |
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