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Le Globe et le chevalier: Variations sur la méditation cosmographique dans la fiction chevaleresque de la Renaissance

Maus de Rolley, T; (2009) Le Globe et le chevalier: Variations sur la méditation cosmographique dans la fiction chevaleresque de la Renaissance. In: Lestringant, F and Couzinet, M-D and Besse, J-M, (eds.) Les méditations cosmographiques à la Renaissance. (pp. 113-140). Presses de l'Université Paris-Sorbonne: Paris, France.

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Abstract

In this article, I look at the presence in sixteenth-century chivalric fiction of a theme more commonly found in geographical or philosophical discourses: the contemplation of a map or a globe. Through the analysis of Amadis de Gaula (translation of book VIII, 1548), Ariosto’s Orlando furioso (1532) and a forgotten chivalric romance of the late sixteenth-century, Gerileon d’Angleterre (1586), I show how such episodes can be read both as allegories for the act of reading, and as an attempt to reconcile romance with meditation.

Type: Book chapter
Title: Le Globe et le chevalier: Variations sur la méditation cosmographique dans la fiction chevaleresque de la Renaissance
ISBN-13: 978-2-84050-633-1
Publisher version: https://sup.sorbonne-universite.fr/catalogue/litte...
Language: French
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.
Keywords: Cosmography in literature, Chivalric fiction, Renaissance Literature, Ariosto, Amadis of Gaul, Gerileon d'Angleterre
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1489707
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