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Article: Antoine de La Sale: la fabrique de l'oeuvre et de l'ecrivain (suivi de l'edition critique du 'Traite des anciens et des nouveaux tournois').(Book review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- April 1, 2007
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Antoine de La Sale: la fabrique de l'oeuvre et de l'ecrivain (suivi de l'edition critique du 'Traite des anciens et des nouveaux tournois'). By SYLVIE LEFEVRE. (Publications Romanes et Francaises, 238) Geneva: Droz. 2006. 456 pp. SwF 120. ISBN 978-2-600-01008-5.
In this thoroughly researched book, Sylvie Lefevre recontextualizes and reconsiders both Antoine de La Sale's talent and his corpus. The book's overarching aim is to contest earlier assertions that there have been two Antoines: the author of the Jehan de Saintre and the author of all other works attributed to him. Countering the likes of Werner Soderhjelm, Gaston Paris, and Julia Kristeva, Lefevre posits ...