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AN ANNOTATED EDITION t>y John Leroy Williams A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the DEPARTMENT OF ROMANCE LANGUAGES In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY WITH A MAJOR IN FRENCH In the Graduate College THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 1973 THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA GRADUATE COLLEGE I hereby recommend that this dissertation prepared under my direction by John Leroy Williams entitled Enfances Garin de Monglane, an Annotated Edition be accepted as fulfilling the dissertation requirement of the , Doctor of Philosophy degree ofc r J c~ c I d- 'f> /jwfb;uj ]rj^c/L a 73 Dissertation Director / // Date After inspection of the final copy of the dissertation, the following members of the Final Examination Committee concur in its approval and recommend its acceptance:- c <r—^~ ^ ,-/v y ) \ c\1 3 ' iU , 7,-// / /£•?-? 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In all other instances, however, permission must be obtained from the author. SIGNED: DEDICACE A Carole m*espouse qui tant ot amour tenre A Rosemarie e Paul qu'ont sceu patienche prenre A toutte le meisnie, et moulier et doulz genre Dedie mes corpz cet euvre se por ommaiges renre. iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Several people have aided substantially in the com­ pletion of this project. I wish especially to thank my ad­ viser, Dr. Loyal A. T. Gryting, for his guidances for his example of patience and good humor, and for the sharing of his knowledge in this fieldo I would also like to express sincere appreciation to Dr. Edward G. Brown, whose help was of particular signi­ ficance during the preliminary stages of transcription. His concrete suggestions were also valuable in working out some of the details of the study. Dr. Frank M. Chambers was also instrumental in the preparation of this dissertation from its inception. I wish to thank him for his keen and uncompromising vigilance, which contributed greatly to the accuracy of this study. I am further indebted to Mr. Hans Philips for his assistance with the German language. Others, too numerous to mention here, also deserve my gratitudes librarians from the United States, France, East and West Germany, typists, and readers. My heart-felt thanks go to Carol, my wife, for her unfailing help and encouragement. I dedicate this work to her and to our children. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS vi ABSTRACT vii CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION . 1 II. SYNOPSIS OF THE TEXT BY LAISSES 6 III. HISTORICAL AND LITERARY CONSIDERATIONS ... 65 Cyclical Setting 65 Composition of the Poem 78 Literary Evaluation 85 Thematic Recurrences 90 Courtly Influence ..... 99 Psychological Aspects 101 Melodramatic Aspects 106 IV. DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF THE TEXT 110 Technical Description . 110 Linguistic Description 123 Phonology 123 Morphology 146 Syntax . 156 Conclusions , l6l V. THE TEXT OF THE ENFANCES GARIN DE MONGLANE . ' 164 VI. TEXTUAL NOTES 376 VII. REJECTED READINGS, DELETIONS, AND OMISSIONS 426 APPENDIX A. TABLE OF PROPER NAMES 438 APPENDIX B. GLOSSARY 449 LIST OF REFERENCES 466 v LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Figure Page 1. Distribution of Chansons According to the Generations Showing Branch Affiliations and Extra-cyclical Extensions 68 2. The Generations of the Cycle de Guillaume d'Orange 69 vi ABSTRACT The present edition comes in response to the need for a unified presentation of the Enfances Garin text (fonds frangais, ms. l^t-60 BibliothSque Nationale), which was edited in its entirety in the years 1913-1915 through the complementary efforts of Victor Jeran and Otto Bisinger» The Enfances Garin text is shown to be a mid-fifteenth-century manuscript, the sole manuscript extant, and is a reworking of an earlier text dating from the end of the thirteenth century. The existing manuscript bears pronounced elements of Picard origins. This poem deals with the formative years of Garin de Monglane and introduces the Cycle de Garin de Monglane, more commonly known today as the Cycle de Guillaume d'Orange. A literary and linguistic study accompanies the present edition, in which have been considered the cyclical setting, thematic recurrences, technical de­ scription, and morphological, phonological, and syn­ tactical analyses. Also included are a synopsis of each laisse. textual notes, rejected readings, a table of proper names, and a glossary. vii viii Emendations of the manuscript text have been limited to a conservative minimum and are used only in those instances where such changes were necessary to preserve the meaning. No attempt has been made to re­ store the syllabic count of the verses through any aes­ thetic scruples, though corresponding textual notes were made regarding these and other irregularities, as well as other points of particular interest. In this re­ spect the present edition differs widely from that of Jeran-Bisinger, whose patent design was to reconstruct the original text. Major concern is neither a restora­ tion on the one hand, nor a diplomatic reproduction on the other; our purpose is to present a workable edition of the available text in as clear and faithful a manner as possible. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION The Enfances Garin de Monglane occupies an unusu­ ally noteworthy place in medieval French literature. It serves to introduce one of the three main branches of epic poems: the William cycle (Cycle de Guillaume d"Orange). Thus, as regards its subject matter, it stands first in the line of epic poems composing the cycle. It is, how­ ever, entirely dependent upon and supportive of the Chan­ son Garin de Monglane. The Chanson Garin, in its turn, supports and establishes the central figure of William after whom the cycle takes its name. In this respect, so far as the cycle is concerned, the Enfances Garin fills a very minor role. It also figures among the last of the poems in the cycle to be written, Consequently, it serves to mark both a beginning and an ends it introduces the cycle and at the same time concludes the era of redaction for the cycle. While the William cycle is monumental in French literature, the Enfances Garin constitutes an exceptional creation in relation to the cycle.