Grover C. Furr, The Quarrel of the Roman de la Rose and Fourteenth Century Humanism. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Princeton University, January 1979.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PREFACE

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INTRODUCTION

1

CHAPTER
I. THE HUMANIST BACKGROUND OF THE QUARREL

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A. The Quarrel and Defenses of Poetry

35

B. The Fourteenth-Century Tradition of Defenses of Poetry by Humanists

55

C. Attacks Upon Poetry on Grounds of Immorality

60

II. THE DEFENSE OF ALLEGORY

90

III. HUMANISTS AND THEIR OPPONENTS In PARIS

143

IV. WHAT SEEMS OLD IS REALLY NEW: INNOVATION BEHIND THE MASK OF TRADITIONALISM In LATE FOURTEENTH-CENTURY HUMANISM

187

V. THE PLACE OF THE QUARREL OF THE ROMAN In LITERARY AND CULTURAL HISTORY

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A. The Quarrel of the Roman as an Important Episode in the History of Early European Humanism

224

B. The Quarrel and the Roman as a Document in French Cultural Life

232

C. Conclusion: The Broader Historical Implications of the Quarrel

237

APPENDICES
1. THE LITERARY DEBATE OF 1395, INVOLVING CLAMANGES, MONTREUIL, PIETRAMALA, AND PREMIERFAIT

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A. The Petrarchan Background

245

B. The French Debate

250

1. Defense of French Culture

253

2. Sapientia and Eloquentia

270

2. THE DEBATE BETWEEN JEAN DE MONTREUIL, GONTIER COL, AMBROGIO DEI MIGLI, AND NICHOLAS DE CLAMANGES, OF 1400-1401

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A. The Careers of the Humanists and their Literary Practices

294

B. Literary Debate as Exercise for Practice

310

C. The Limits of the Friendships Among Humanists

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1. The Literary Basis of Humanists’ Friendships

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2. The Consciousness of a Distinct Interest, or "Solidarity," Among These Humanists

340

D. Implications of Conclusions About This Debate for the Study of the Quarrel of the Roman

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1. Humanists’ Literary Activity Indissolubly Linked with Their Economic Activity

350

2. The Humanist Literary Debate Often (As Here) A Literary Exercise At Basis

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3. The Mutual Interests of Our Humanists and the "Solidarity" or Unity Among Them

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4. The Limits of the Hostility in Literary Quarrels Among Humanists Determined by Their More Fundamental Unity of Interest, or "Solidarity"

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3. THE MINOR LITERARY DEBATES AMONG THE EARLY FRENCH HUMANISTS

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A. Debate #1. Jean de Montreuil, Ambrogio dei Migli, Nicholas de Clamanges, and Others

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B. Debate #2. Laurent de Premierfait and Jean de Montreuil

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C. Debate #3. Jean de Montreuil and Gontier Col

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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DISSERTATION ABSTRACT

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