The Color of Melancholy: The Uses of Books in the Fourteenth Century by Roger Chartier, Jacqueline Cerquiglini-Toulet
The Color of Melancholy: The Uses of Books in the Fourteenth Century

Roger Chartier, Jacqueline Cerquiglini-Toulet

The Color of Melancholy: The Uses of Books in the Fourteenth Century

Roger Chartier, Jacqueline Cerquiglini-Toulet with Lydia G. Cochrane (Translator)

186 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

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In the fourteenth century, French writers saw themselves in the winter of literature, a time for retreat into reflection. They were beset by wars, plague, famine, and social unrest. In the midst of their troubles they made an important discovery: ...

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