Contents
Overview |
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Part 1: “Our Lady’s Tumbler”: Sources and Analogues, Medieval to Modern |
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Introduction |
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1. The Medieval Story |
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A. “Our Lady’s Tumbler” |
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B. The Table of Exempla, in Alphabetical Order: “Joy” |
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2. The Bible and Apocrypha |
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A. “The Dancing of David before the Ark” |
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B. “The Dancing of Mary before the Altar” |
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C. “The Widow’s Mite” |
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3. The Life of the Fathers |
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A. “Miserere” |
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B. “Goliard” |
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4. The Pious Sweat of Monks |
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A. Cistercian Miracles of Monks Working |
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B. Gautier de Coinci, The Miracles of Our Lady: “A Monk of Chartreuse” |
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5. The Jongleur and the Black Virgin of Rocamadour |
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A. The Miracles of Our Lady of Rocamadour: “On the Wax Form That Came Down upon a Viol” |
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B. Gautier de Coinci, The Miracles of Our Lady: “Of the Candle that Came Down to the Jongleur” |
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C. Alfonso X the Wise, Songs of Holy Mary: “The Jongleur of Rocamadour” |
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6. The Jongleurs and the Holy Candle of Arras |
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A. “The Foundation of the Jongleur Confraternity in Arras” (in Latin) |
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B. “The Foundation of the Jongleur Confraternity in Arras” (in French) |
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C. “The Arrival of the Holy Candle” |
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D. Alfonso X the Wise, Songs of Holy Mary: “The Two Jongleurs of Arras” |
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7. The Fiddler and the Holy Face of Lucca |
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A. “The Report of Deacon Leobinus” |
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B. “The Silver Shoe of the Holy Face, Offered Miraculously to a Pauper” |
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8. The Fiddler and the Bearded Lady |
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A. Hans Burgkmair the Elder, “Saint Kümernus” |
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B. Brothers Grimm, “The Saintly Woman Kummernis” |
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C. Justinus Kerner, “The Fiddler at Gmünd” |
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9. The Dancer Musa |
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A. Gottfried Keller, “A Little Legend of Dance” |
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B. Ludwig Theoboul Kosegarten, “The Legend of the Virgin Mary” |
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C. Gregory the Great, “The Passing Away of Young Musa” |
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D. Jacques de Vitry, Sermons to the People |
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10. The Roman Report of “The Old Mime-Player” |
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11. The Persian Tale of “The Old Harper” |
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A. Moḥammad ebn Monawwar, The Mysteries of Unification |
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B. Farid al-Din ‘Aṭṭār, Saints’ Lives and The Book of Afflictions |
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C. Rumi, “The Old Harper” |
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D. Khvāju-ye Kermāni, The Garden of Lights |
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E. Moḥammad Amin, The Sea of Chronicles |
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F. Jalāl Āl-Aḥmad, “The Setār” |
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12. The Hasidic Tale of “The Little Whistle” |
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Martin Buber, “The Little Whistle” |
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13. The Western Reality of Religious Performers |
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A. Saint Paschal Baylon |
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B. Saint John Bosco |
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C. Ruth St. Denis |
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D. Mireille Nègre |
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E. Nick Weber |
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F. Sister Anna Nobili |
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14. The Hungarian Tale of “The Fool” |
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Dezsö Malonyay, “The Fool” |
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15. Henri Pourrat, “Péquelé” |
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Part 2: “The Juggler of Notre Dame”: Reception from Fin-De-Siècle France to Late Twentieth-Century America |
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Introduction |
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1. The Romance Philologists |
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Wendelin Foerster, Introduction to “Our Lady’s Tumbler” |
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2. The Medievalizer Félix Brun |
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3. The Poetaster Raymond de Borrelli |
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4. The Writer Anatole France |
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5. The Composer Jules Massenet |
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6. The Professor-Poet Katharine Lee Bates |
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7. The Philosopher-Historian Henry Adams |
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Mont Saint Michel and Chartres: “Les Miracles de Notre Dame” |
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8. The Poet Edwin Markham |
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9. The Children’s Book Writer Violet Moore Higgins |
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10. The Radio Narrator John Booth Nesbitt |
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11. The Mid to Late Twentieth-Century Poets |
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A. Patrick Kavanagh |
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B. W. H. Auden |
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C. Virginia Nyhart |
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D. Turner Cassity |
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E. Virginia Hamilton Adair |
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Further Resources |
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Editions (and French Translations) |
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English Translations |
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Manuscript and Print Versions of the Medieval Poem and of Anatole France’s Story |
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Old-Time Radio: Printed Scripts |
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Television and Film |
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Illustrated Children’s Books Devoted to the Story |
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Story Books and Activity Books That Include the Story |
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Graphic Novels |
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Miniature Book (“Little”) |
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Music |
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Bible Quotations and Citations |
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Acknowledgments |
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Notes |
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Part 1 |
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Part 2 |
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List of Illustrations |
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Index |