The situation of branch XIII of the Roman de Renart in the history of criticism is paradoxical. This branch has been preserved in many manuscripts: A D E N F G q {which belong to the family A) and H I f which are composite manuscripts - which testifies to a certain success, but modern criticism has been very severe towards it, judging by the opinions of E. Martin! and L. Foulet, echoed by R. Bossuat. In fact, the first sequence is criticized for being too original and the second for not being original enough, the former for being too distant from the Roman de Renart... - [Author]

Language: French

DOI: 10.1075/rein.4.08duf