Literature 9.2 by Andrea Macciò
Despite the great importance that the early-fourteenth century Voie d’Enfer et de Paradis by Pier... more Despite the great importance that the early-fourteenth century Voie d’Enfer et de Paradis by Pierre de l’Hôpital had in the diachronic development of the allegorical voyage literary genre, it has drawn only passing interest from criticism. After placing Pierre de l’Hôpital’s composition and its re-writings in the purview of the oitanic literature, this paper sheds light on its manuscript tradition by both describing the state of the textual transmission and providing appropriate ecdotic comparisons that confirm the hypothesis of a bifid stemma, divided into two branches A-B and C-S. As it is evident, the results of this study constitute an indispensable preliminary contribution to the realization of the first critical edition of the poem which is currently being prepared.
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Literature 9.2 by Andrea Macciò