New investigations into Charles d'Orleans' under-rated poem, its properties and its qualities. The compilation Fortunes Stabilnes, the English poetry Charles d'Orleans wrote in the course of his twenty-five year captivity in England after Agincourt, requires a larger lens than that of Chaucerianism, through which it has most often been viewed. A fresh view from another perspective, one that attends to form and style, as well as to the poet's French traditions, reveals a more conceptually complex and innovative kind of poetry than we have seen until now. The essays collected here reassess him in the light of recent work in Middle English studies. They detail those qualities that make his text one of the most accomplished and moving of the late Middle Ages: Charles's use of English, his metrical play, his felicity with formes fixes lyrics, his innovative use of the dits structure and lyric sequences, and finally, above all, his ability to write beautiful poetry. Overall, they bring out the underappreciated contribution made by Charles to the canon of English poetry.

About the Author
R.D. PERRY is Assistant Professor of English and Literary Arts at the University of Denver. MARY-JO ARN is an independent scholar, and editor of Fortunes Stabilnes. Ad Putter is Professor of Medieval English at the University of Bristol, UK, co-director of Bristol's Centre for Medieval Studies, and Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author and editor of numerous books, with a particular interest in Medieval Romance texts and the works of the Gawain poet. He is currently leading a research project on the literary heritage of Anglo-Dutch relations. Jenni Nuttall is Lecturer in English at Exeter College, University of Oxford. She has written books on Lancastrian literature and Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, as well as articles on Middle English literary language and poetic forms. Jeremy Smith was professor of English philology at Glasgow, where he remains a senior research fellow and emeritus professor, and an honorary professor at St Andrews. His specialisms include English historical linguistics, medieval studies, and book history, combined recently in Transforming Early English (2020). PHILIP KNOX is University Lecturer in the Faculty of English at the University of Cambridge. R.D. PERRY is Assistant Professor of English and Literary Arts at the University of Denver.

Reviews
[T]his is an excellent and very timely contribution to research and scholarship on Charles, which will hopefully form the groundwork for a renewed appreciation and deeper understanding of his unique and exciting English- language work. * STUDIES IN THE AGE OF CHAUCER *
Charles d'Orleans' English Aesthetic enjoyably and usefully advances our knowledge. The book offers new findings and new arguments; [...] the editors and chapter authors should pat themselves on their backs. -- THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW (TMR)



Book Information
ISBN 9781843845676
Author R D Perry
Format Hardback
Page Count 307
Imprint D.S. Brewer
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Weight(grams) 1g