Research Resources for French Studies Suggestions from

Research Resources for French Studies
Suggestions from Karen Fresco
Research Resources for the Medieval Period
Bibliographies
General
MLA Bibliography (www.library.uiuc.edu/mdx/)
Klapp, Otto. Bibliographie der französischen Literaturwissenschaft.
Bossuat, R. Manuel bibliographique de la littérature française du Moyen Age.
Melun: d'Argences, 1951. 3 Suppléments: 1955, 1961, 1986-1991, avec la
collaboration de J. Monfrin et Fr. Viellard.
Cahiers de Civilisation Médiévale, X-XIIe siècles (Centre d'Etudes Supérieures de
Civilisation Médiévale de l'université de Poitiers, 1958-) (supplement to
the journal)
International Medieval Bibliography (Leeds, 1967-)
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700) indexes over 400
journals. Accessible through the Modern Languages Library web page.
Taylor, R.A. La Littérature occitane du Moyen Age. Bibliographie sélective et
critique. Toronto U.P., 1977.
Toronto Medieval Bibliography (Toronto, 1967-)
Specific
Bibliographical Bulletin of the International Arthurian Society/Bulletin
Bibliographique de la Société Internationale Arthurienne (BBSIA)
Burgess, G. S. Marie de France: An analytical bibliography. London: Grant &
Cutler, 1977.
On Christine de Pizan:
Kennedy, Angus J. Christine de Pizan: a bibliographical guide. London:
Grant & Cutler, 1984.
----------. Christine de Pizan : a bibliographical guide. Supplement 1. London:
Grant & Cutler, 1994.
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Yenal, Edith. Christine de Pizan: a bibliography. 2nd ed. Metuchen, N.J.:
Scarecrow Press, 1989.
Kelly, D. Chrétien de Troyes: An analytical bibliography. London: Grant &
Cutler, 1976.
Murphy, James J. Medieval Rhetoric: A Select Bibliography. 2nd ed. U. of
Toronto P., 1989.
Dictionaries and encyclopedias
Greimas, A. J. Dictionnaire de l'ancien français. 2ème éd. Paris: Larousse, 1968.
--- and Teresa Mary Keane. Dictionnaire du Moyen Français, Larousse, 2001.
Godefroy, F. Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française. (multivolume; Old
French to Modern French)
Tobler, A. et E. Lommatzsch. Altfranzösisches Wörterbuch (multivolume,
complete to V; OF to German)
Lévy, E. Petit Dictionnaire provençal-français, 3e éd. Heidelberg, 1961.
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Dictionary of the Middle Ages, ed. J. Strayer, 13 vols. and index.
Dictionnaire des lettres françaises. Le Moyen age, G. Hasenohr et M. Zink, eds.
2e éd. Paris, 1994.
Grundriss der romanischen Literaturen des Mittelalters., gen. eds. H. R. Jauss
and E. Köhler. Heidelberg: C. Winter Verlag. Vol. 1: Généralités, ed. M.
Delbouille, 1972. Vol. 2: Les Genres lyriques, ed. E. Köhler; Vol. 3: Les
Epopées romanes, ed. R. Lejeune, 1981; Vol. 4: Le Roman jusqu'à la fin du
XIIIe siècle, ed. J. Frappier and R. Grimm (t. 1, 1978; t. 2, 1984); Vol. 6: La
Littérature didactique, allégorique et satirique, ed. H.R. Jauss (t. 1, 1968;
t. 2, 1970); Vol. 8: La Littérature française aux XIVe et XVe siècle, ed. D.
Poirion, 1988; Vol. 9: La Littérature historiographique des origines à
1500, ed. H.U. Gumbrecht, U. Link-Heer and P.M. Spangenberg, 19861987.
Lexikon des Mittelalters (Munich, 1977-)
La Typologie des sources du moyen âge occidental, gen. ed. L. Genicot
(Turnhout, 1972) 68 vols. to date. Table des fascicules 1-50 (Turnhout,
1992) for comprehensive index.
Editions (Series)
Société des Anciens Textes Français (SATF)
Classiques Français du Moyen Age (CFMA) (Champion)
Textes Littéraires Français (TLF) (Droz)
Lettres gothiques (Paris, Le Livre de Poche)
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Anthologies
Aspland, C. W., ed. A Medieval French Reader. Oxford: Clarendon, 1979.
Bartsch, K. Chrestomathie de l'ancien français (VIIIe-XVe siècle), 12e éd. rev.
et corr. p. L. Wiese. New York: Hafner, 1958.
Background readings
Standard literary histories
Baumgartner, E. Histoire de la littérature française. Moyen Age (1050-1486).
Paris: Bordas, 1978.
Lafont, R. et C. Anatole. Nouvelle Histoire de la littérature occitane, t. I: Le
Moyen Age et le XVIe siècle. Paris: PUF, 1970.
Payen, J.-Ch. Le Moyen Age I, des origines à 1300 and Poirion, D. Le Moyen
Age II, 1300-1450. Littérature française, coll. dir. p. Cl. Pichois. Paris:
Arthaud, 1970 and 1971.
Poirion, D. Précis de littérature française du Moyen Age. Paris: PUF, 1983.
Zink, M. Littérature française du Moyen Age. Paris: PUF, 1992.
Zumthor, P. Essai de poétique médiévale. Paris: Le Seuil, 1972.
More focussed studies
Badel, P.-Y. Introduction à la vie littéraire du Moyen Age. Paris et La Haye:
Bordas et Mouton, 1969.
Cerquiglini, J. "Un engin si soutil." Guillaume de Machaut et l'écriture au XIVe
siècle. Paris: Champion, 1985.
Curtius, E. La Littérature européenne et le Moyen Age latin. Paris: PUF, 1986.
(first pub. 1947)
Jauss, H. R. "The Alterity and Modernity of Medieval Literature," New Literary
History 10 (1979): 181-230.
Jung, M. R. Etudes sur le poème allégorique en France au Moyen Age. Berne:
Francke, 1971.
Köhler, E. L'Aventure chevaleresque. Idéal et réalité dans le roman courtois.
Paris: Gallimard, 1974. (first pub. 1956)
Lacy, N.J. and K. Busby, eds. The Legacy of Chrétien de Troyes. 2 vols.
Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1987-88.
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Rey-Flaud, H. La Névrose courtoise. Paris: Navarin, 1983.
Rychner, J. La Chanson de geste. Essai sur l'art épique des jongleurs. Genève:
Droz, 1955.
Vinaver, E. The Rise of Romance. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1971.
Zumthor, P. Essai de poétique médiévale. Paris: Le Seuil, 1972.
----------. La Lettre et la voix; De la "littérature" médiévale. Paris: Le Seuil,
1987.
Cultural context
Balard, M., gen. ed. L'Histoire médiévale en France: Bilans et perspectives.
Paris: Le Seuil, 1991.
Duby, G. Le Chevalier, la femme et le prêtre. Paris: Hachette, 1981.
----------. La Société chevaleresque. (Hommes et structures du Moyen Age I)
Paris: Flammarion, 1988.
----------, ed. Revelations of the Medieval World, Vol. II in series A History of
Private Life, P. Ariès and G. Duby, gen. eds. Cambridge, Mass. and
London: Belknap Press of Harvard UP, 1988.
Flori, J. L'Essor de la chevalerie (XIe-XIIe s.) Genève: Droz, 1986.
Ganshof, F. L. Qu'est-ce que la féodalité? 4e éd. Bruxelles: Presses
universitiares, 1968.
Gilson, E. La Philosophie du Moyen Age. Paris: Payot, 1944.
Huizinga, J. L'Automne du Moyen Age. Paris: Payot, 1977. (orig. 1919)
Huot, S. From Song to Book: The Poetics of Writing in Old French Lyric and
Lyrical Narrative Poetry. Cornell UP, 1987.
Klapisch-Zuber, C., ed. Silences of the Middle Ages, Vol. II in series A History
of Women in the West, gen eds G. Duby and M. Perrot. Cambridge, Mass.
and London: Belknap Press of Harvard UP, 1992.
Le Goff, J. Pour un autre Moyen Age. Paris: Gallimard, 1977.
----------. L'Imaginaire médiéval. Paris: Gallimard, 1985.
----------. Les Intellectuels au Moyen Age. Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1985. (first
pub. 1957)
Paterson, L. M. The World of the Troubadours: Medieval Occitan Society, c.
1100-c. 1300. Cambridge UP, 1993.
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Stock, B. The Implications of Literacy; Written Language and Models of
Interpretation in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries. Princeton UP,
1983.
Stuard, S. M. Women in Medieval History and Historiography. Philadelphia: U.
of Pennsylvania Press, 1987.
Journals
Cahiers de Civilisation Médiévale (Poitiers)
Exemplaria (Gainesville)
Medium Aevum (Oxford)
Modern Language Notes (Johns Hopkins)
Le Moyen Age (Bruxelles)
Speculum; A Journal of Medieval Studies (Medieval Academy of America)
Romance Philology (U. of California Press)
Romania (Paris)
Romanic Review (Columbia)
On-line resources
Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
<http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/mfi.html>
July 1996Covers journals articles, book reviews, books about women, sexuality,
and gender during the Middle Ages (450 C.E.-1500 C.E.) Indexes 300
journals; over 2500 records in database currently. Links to other
bibliographies and to full-text journal articles.
TMR The Medieval Review
to subscribe: [email protected]
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Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University
<http://www.w.mich.edu/medieval>
ORB On-Line Text Materials for Medieval Studies (Rhodes College)
<orb.rhodes/edu/>
"ORB is an academic site, written and maintained by medieval scholars for the
benefit of their fellow instructors and serious students. All articles have been
judged by at least two peer reviewers. Authors are held to high standards of
accuracy, currency, and relevance to the field of medieval studies."
Includes the following elements: the ORB Encyclopedia, and index of original
essays, arranged by topic; Resources for Teaching (The On-Line Medieval
Sourcebook, Syllabi, Related Materials, ACS Digital Database of Medieval Images
(in progress); the ORB Library Collection (texts on this server, links to full
texts on other servers); the ORB Reference Shelf (online bibliographies at
other sites, specialized bibliographies at the ORB site, graphics, software, other
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useful sites, general reference, medieval studies for the nonspecialist
(includes media and popular culture)
The Labyrinth (Georgetown University
<www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/>
". . . provides free, organized access to electronic resources in medieval studies
through a World Wide Web server . . . The Labyrinth's easy-to-use menus and
links provide connections to databases, services, texts, and images on other
servers around the world."
The Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library, Chicago
<www.newberry.org/renaissance/>
Announces seminars and lectures, fellowships, publications, performances,
workshops, images from MSS, bibliographies relating to Medieval and
Renaissance materials at the Newberry
On form for citing electronic sources:
Xia Li and Nancy B. Crane. Electronic Style: A Guide to Citing Electronic
Information. Westport, CT: Mecklermedia, 1995.
Covers citing full-text monographs, articles; bibliographic databases;
electronic conferences; discussion groups; e-mail correspondence.
Quick guide to citing electronic sources MLA style:
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/mdx/electrescite.htm
Conferences
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan Univ.,
Kalamazoo, usually first week in May
The Medieval Academy, usually in late April; location varies.
Medieval Association of the Midwest (meets annually, location rotates
among midwestern campuses)
Illinois Medieval Association (meet annually, location rotates among
campuses in Illinois)
Professional organizations
Medieval Academy <http://www.medievalacademy.org/>
International Arthurian Society-North American Branch
International Courtly Literature Society-North American Branch
<http://www-dept.usm.edu/~engdept/icls/iclsnab.htm>
Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship
(many more listed on Labyrinth web site)
rev. 3/19/03
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