Canon, Period, and the
Poetry of Charles of Orléans: Found in Translation. By A. E.
B. Coldiron. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000. Pp. vi + 224;
8 illustrations. $47.50.
Charles d'Orléans
in England (1415–1440). Edited by Mary-Jo Arn. Cambridge: D.
S. Brewer, 2000. Pp. x + 231; 9 illustrations. $75.
These two volumes, published almost simultaneously, constitute important
contributions to scholarship on Charles d'Orléans. Both are engagingly
and clearly written and are richly documented. Both make a particular
point of signalling new opportunities for research. Both embrace the broad
intercultural, cross-period approach invited by Charles's experiments
in "translation" of his lyric into English and, later, Latin.
Karen Fresco
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
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