Enjeux littéraires, bibliques et rhétoriques dans le discours liminaire des épopées apocalyptiques renaissantes
Literary, Biblical and Rhetorical Matter in the Prefaces of the French Renaissance Apocalyptic Epic Poems

Author(s): Dariusz Krawczyk
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature, Biblical studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: epic; apocalypse; religious poetry; preface; rhetoric; renaissance
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to analyse the prefaces to the French Renaissance apocalyptic epics of the years 1576-1606 (works by Jacques de Billy, Guillaume de Chevalier, Michel Quillian and Jude Serclier) in order to understand the literary and extra-literary issues addressed by their authors. This comparison will highlight in particular the ethos of the author, the problem of representation in a biblical poem and its eschatological dimension, the place of pagan fiction and encyclopaedic erudition, and the rhetorical strategies employed.

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