In the following essay, Auerbach studies Le réconfort de Madame du Fresne, comparing the work to the anonymous Les XV joies de mariage and finding the former composition to be more elevated and...
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In this essay, Ferrier characterizes Little John of Saintré as essentially an failed experiment, but defends the work's breaking with the traditional romance and chronicle genres. Ferrie...
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In the essay below, Cholakian, emphasizing the lack of unity in Little John of Saintré, and investigates La Sale's incorporation of the elements of two distinct genres—the novel a...
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In the following essay, Cherpack evaluates the problem of unity in Little John of Saintré, averring that the archetypal stories at the core of the myths of Pygmalion and Prometheus inform the c...
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In the following essay, Vesce studies the way in which La Sale focuses on private, familial concerns rather than public and political matters in Le réconfort de Madame du Fresne. Vesce also hig...
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In the essay which follows, Mermier assesses the motivations of Belle Cousine and Saintré in an effort to better understand the nature of Little John of Saintré, claiming that the work&#...
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In the following essay, Uitti examines the difficulty in classifying Little John of Saintré and contends that what some scholars view as the work's modernity is in actuality a faithful h...
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In this essay, Kelly assesses Little John of Saintré as a commentary on Jean Froissart's Chronicles, focusing in particular on La Sale's treatment of Froissart's commendati...
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In the essay below, Caillaud analyzes the relationship between Belle Cousine and Saintré, demonstrating the ways in which the lady fails to adhere to the guidelines of courtly love as codified ...
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Critical Essay by Erich Auerbach
