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Stephen Bamforth

Emeritus Professor of Renaissance Studies,

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Teaching Summary

French Renaissance literature and thought; Renaissance thought and literature in general; teratology; all forms of scientific and medical writing; neo-latin ; French seventeenth-century literature… read more

Research Summary

I have wide and vigorous interests across the field of early modern literature and thought, principally in France. I have published extensively on French Renaissance scientific poetry, the history of… read more

Recent Publications

  • STEPHEN BAMFORTH, 2013. Les anomalies de l鈥檕rdre 脿 travers les Histoires prodigieuses de Pierre Boaistuau (1560). In: LUISA SIMONUTTI, ENRICO NUZZO and MANUELA SANNA, eds., Anomalie dell'ordine: L'altro, lo straordinario, l'eccezionale nella modernit脿 Aracne editrice, Rome. 414 pp (pp. 187-210)
  • STEPHEN BAMFORTH, 2013. Merveilles et merveilleux au XVIe si猫cle. In: OLIVIER CHRISTIN, ed., Un nouveau monde: naissance de la Lorraine moderne Somogy Editions d'art, Paris. 400pp. (pp.156-167)
  • Un nouveau monde: naissance de la Lorraine moderne 2013. At: Mus茅e lorrain, Nancy05/04/2013 00:00:00-08/04/2013 00:00:00.
  • STEPHEN BAMFORTH, 2012. Litt茅rature et religion au seizi猫me si猫cle: note sur Pierre Boaistuau. In: FRAN脟OIS ROUDAUT, ed., Religion et litt茅rature 脿 la Renaissance: M茅langes en l'honneur de Franco Giacone: Contributions r茅unies par Fran莽ois Roudaut Classiques Garnier, Paris. 910 pp (pp. 473-499)

French Renaissance literature and thought; Renaissance thought and literature in general; teratology; all forms of scientific and medical writing; neo-latin ; French seventeenth-century literature and thought, but also an interest in European seventeenth-century literature and thought in general; in particular libertinage, and seventeenth-century theatre (comedy, and 惭辞濒颈猫谤别 especially).

Renaissance teaching - poetry, history of science, alchemy and astrology; court festival; music and dance; food and wine; illustration; art and architecture; history of the book and material bibliography

Seventeenth century teaching - poetry, theatre (comedy), libertinage, ballet de cour; commedia dell'arte; art and architecture; history of science and material bibliography

Current Research

I have wide and vigorous interests across the field of early modern literature and thought, principally in France. I have published extensively on French Renaissance scientific poetry, the history of medicine (Jacques Dubois in particular), early Renaissance court festival (the Festival of the Bastille in 1518, and the better known Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520). In both cases my work has been based on editing of texts describing the event, and in the case of the Field of Cloth of Gold the discovery of a previously unknown verse description of the meeting (for those of you who saw the recent David Dimbleby programme, the dragon flying through the sky was not a firework, but a kite - as the Dubois [Sylvius] text which I edit shows quite clearly).

My most recent major discovery has been the illuminated dedication manuscript to Elizabeth I of a famous Renaissance text on prodigies and monsters - the Histoires prodigieuses of the French writer Pierre Boaistuau. I published a facsimile edition of this manuscript with Franco Mario Ricci publishers of Milan in 2000, and later this year will publish a full critical edition of the text. I also have in preparation - for publication next year - a major critical edition of the scientific poetry of Fran莽ois B茅roalde de Verville. My upcoming project is a book-length study of the concept of the scientific marvel from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century.

  • STEPHEN BAMFORTH, 2013. Les anomalies de l鈥檕rdre 脿 travers les Histoires prodigieuses de Pierre Boaistuau (1560). In: LUISA SIMONUTTI, ENRICO NUZZO and MANUELA SANNA, eds., Anomalie dell'ordine: L'altro, lo straordinario, l'eccezionale nella modernit脿 Aracne editrice, Rome. 414 pp (pp. 187-210)
  • STEPHEN BAMFORTH, 2013. Merveilles et merveilleux au XVIe si猫cle. In: OLIVIER CHRISTIN, ed., Un nouveau monde: naissance de la Lorraine moderne Somogy Editions d'art, Paris. 400pp. (pp.156-167)
  • Un nouveau monde: naissance de la Lorraine moderne 2013. At: Mus茅e lorrain, Nancy05/04/2013 00:00:00-08/04/2013 00:00:00.
  • STEPHEN BAMFORTH, 2012. Litt茅rature et religion au seizi猫me si猫cle: note sur Pierre Boaistuau. In: FRAN脟OIS ROUDAUT, ed., Religion et litt茅rature 脿 la Renaissance: M茅langes en l'honneur de Franco Giacone: Contributions r茅unies par Fran莽ois Roudaut Classiques Garnier, Paris. 910 pp (pp. 473-499)
  • STEPHEN BAMFORTH, 2010. Grivoiserie et science chez B茅roalde de Verville: autour de l'abstinente de Confolens. In: FONTAINE, M-M., ed., Rire 脿 la Renaissance: colloque international de Lille Universit茅 Charles-de-Gaulle-Lille 3 6-8 novembre 2003 Droz. 301-324
  • BAMFORTH, S. and C脡ARD, J., eds., 2010. Scholarly edition (establishment of text, textual apparatus, critical bibliography and introduction) of: Pierre Boaistuau, Histoires prodigieuses.. Histoires prodigieuses (茅dition de 1561): 茅dition critique Textes litt茅raires fran莽ais 605 Droz.
  • BAMFORTH, S., 2010. Nottingham French Studies. 49(3), 110-145
  • STEPHEN BAMFORTH, ed., 2010. Nouveaux d茅parts: Studies in honour of Michel Jeanneret 糖心原创 (Nottingham French Studies vol. 49 no. 3).
  • 2010. La carri猫re de Nicolas Abraham de la Framboisi猫re, conseiller et m茅decin du roi (1560-1636). In: Ecoles et universit茅 脿 Reims IXe-XVIIIe si猫cles Presses de l'Universit茅 de Reims. pp. 65-80
  • BAMFORTH, S., 2010. On Gesner, marvels and unicorns. In: BAMFORTH, S., ed., Nouveaux d茅parts: Studies in honour of Michel Jeanneret 糖心原创. 110-145
  • BAMFORTH, S., 2009. Melons and wine: Montaigne and joie de vivre in Renaissance France. In: HARROW, S. and UNWIN, T., eds., Joie de vivre in French literature and culture: essays in honour of Michael Freeman Rodopi. 99-128
  • 2008. M茅decine et philosophie dans l'oeuvre de Nicolas Abraham de la Framboisi猫re. In: JEAN DUP脠BE, FRANCO GIACONE, EMMANUEL NAYA, ANNE-PASCALE POUEY-MOUNOU, ed., Esculape et Dionysos: Melanges en l'honneur de Jean C茅ard Droz, Geneva. pp. 177-202
  • BAMFORTH, S.J., 2005. Dancing your way out of a tight corner : reflections on dance in sixteenth-century France. In: NYE, E., ed., Sur quel pied danser?: Danse et litt茅rature: Actes du colloque organis茅 par H茅l猫ne Stafford, Michael Freeman et Edward Nye en avril 2003 脿 Lincoln College, Oxford Amsterdam: Rodopi. pp. 31-49
  • BAMFORTH, S.J., 2005. Montaigne and Catullus Montaigne Studies. 17(1/2), pp. 35-52
  • SOPHIE ARNAUD, STEPHEN BAMFORTH, JAN MIERNOWSKI, ed., 2005. Jacques Peletier du Mans, Oeuvres compl猫tes Tome X: Euvres poetiques intitulez louanges avec quelques autres escriz Champion, Paris.
  • BAMFORTH, S.J., 2003. Aspects th茅芒traux du Cymbalum Mundi. In: GIACONE, F., ed., Le Cymbalum Mundi: actes du colloque de Rome (3-6 novembre 2000) Gen猫ve: Droz. pp. 363-376
  • BAMFORTH, S.J., 2003. 惭辞濒颈猫谤别 et Rabelais. In: EMELINA, J., ed., 惭辞濒颈猫谤别 et la f锚te: actes du colloque international de P茅zenas 7-8 juin 2001 P茅zenas: Ville de P茅zenas. pp. 51-79
  • BAMFORTH, S.J., 2000. Corps, monstre et prodige 脿 la Renaissance: l'exemple de Pierre Boaistuau. In: EMMANUEL JACQUART, ed., Le Corps, textes r茅unis et pr茅sent茅s par Emmanuel Jacquart 9. Strasbourg: University of Strasbourg. pp. 31-50
  • BAMFORTH, S.J., 2000. Architecture and Sculpture at the Field of the Cloth of Gold (1520) and the Bastille festival (1518). In: LINDLEY, P. and FRANGENBERG, T., eds., Secular sculpture 1300-1550 Stamford : Shaun Tyas. pp. 219-236
  • STEPHEN BAMFORTH, ed., 2000. 1900 numbered copies. Pierre Boaistuau, Histoires prodigieuses : ms. 136 Wellcome Library Milan : Franco Maria Ricci.
  • STEPHEN BAMFORTH, ed., 2000. 3000 numbered copies. Historias prodigiosas di Pierre Boaistuau del Manuscrito franc茅s 136 de la Wellcome Library de Londres con dedicatoria a Isabel, reina de Inglaterra transcripci贸n y notas de Stephen Bamforth traducci贸n de Carlos Alonso Milan : Franco Maria Ricci.
  • 2000. Storie prodigiose di Pierre Boaistuau dal manoscritto 136 della Wellcome Library di Londra con dedica a Elisabetta d'Ingilterra trascritto e annotato da Stephen Bamforth. Traduzione di Gianni Guadalupi Milan : Franco Maria Ricci.
  • BAMFORTH, S.J., 1999. Modern Language Review. VOL 94(NUMBER 1), 199
  • BAMFORTH, S.J., 1999. Modern Language Review. VOL 94(NUMBER 1), 193-194
  • BAMFORTH, S.J., 1999. Le th猫me de Babel dans l'oeuvre de Claude Duret. In: DAUPHIN脙漏, J. and JACQUEMIER, M., eds., Babel 脿 la Renaissance: Actes du XIe colloque international de la Soci茅t茅 fran莽aise d'Etude du XVIe si猫cle. Toulon Mars 1997 pp. 227-240
  • BAMFORTH,S.J., 1998. Review of Ren茅 Pommier, Etudes sur le Tartuffe (1994), Lettre sur la com茅die de l'Imposteur (1994), Richard Parish (ed), 惭辞濒颈猫谤别 - Le Tartuffe (1994) Modern Language Review. XCIII, 831-833
  • BAMFORTH, S.J., 1998. Paracelsisme et m茅decine chimique 脿 la cour de Louis XIII. In: ZINGUER, I and SCHOTT, H., eds., Paracelsus und seine Internationale Rezeption in der Fr眉hen Neuzeit: Beitr盲ge zur Geschichte des Paracelsimus Leiden : Brill. pp. 222-237
  • BAMFORTH, S.J., 1998. French Studies. VOL 52(NUMBER 3), 334
  • BAMFORTH, S.J., 1997. Jacques Lassalle et sa mise en sc?ne de <em>Dom Juan</em>. In: Moli?re mis en sc?ne,Oeuvres et critiques XXII, (2). T脙录bingen: Gunter Narr. 164-179
  • BAMFORTH, S.J., 1997. Cl茅ment Marot, Fran&#231ois Ier et les muses. In: DEFAUX, G. and SIMONIN, M., eds., Cl茅ment Marot "Prince des po毛tes franç" 1496-1996, Actes du Colloque international de Cahors en Quercy 21-25 mai 1996 Paris : Honore Champion. 225-235
  • BAMFORTH, S.J., 1997. Cl?ment Marot et le projet de paix universelle de 1518: po?sie et propagande. In: DEFAUX, G., ed., La G?n?ration Marot Po?tes fran?ais et n?o-latins (1515-1550). Actes du Colloque international de Baltimore - 5-7 d?cembre 1996 Paris : Honore Champion. 113-129
  • BAMFORTH, S.J., 1997. Rabelais et la f?te. In: BIDEAUX, M., ed., Rabelais - Dionysos, Vin, Carnaval, Ivresse: Actes d'un colloque de Montpellier, 26-28 mai 1994 Marseille : Jeanne Laffitte. 81-95
  • BAMFORTH, S.J., 1996. A forgotten humanist tribute to Fran鈥is Ier - the <em>Geographica</em> of Paolo Pietrasanta. In: The Cult of Humanism in the Age of Fran鈥is 1er 17-40
  • BAMFORTH, S.J., 1996. B茅roalde de Verville po&#232te de la connaissance. In: Nouvelle revue du seizi猫me si猫cle XIV. 43-55
  • BAMFORTH, S.J., 1996. Autour du manuscrit 516 du Wellcome Institute de Londres: quelques r?flexions sur B?roalde de Verville, m?decin et alchimiste. In: B?roalde de Verville 1555-1626 13. Paris : Presses de l'脡cole Normale Sup$#233;rieure. 41-56
  • DUP?BE,J. and BAMFORTH,S.J., 1995. The Silva of Bernardino Rincio (1518) Renaissance Studies. VIII, 256-315
  • BAMFORTH,S.J., 1994. A second missing scene in Racine's 笔丑猫诲谤别 Seventeenth-Century French Studies. XVI, 161-166
  • BAMFORTH, S.J., ed., 1994. 惭辞濒颈猫谤别
  • BAMFORTH, S.J., 1994. Moli艩re and propaganda. In: Moli艩re, Special issue of Nottingham French Studies 33.1. 20-27
  • BAMFORTH,S.J., 1994. B茅roalde de Verville and Les Apprehensions spirituelles Biblioth茅que d'Humanisme et Renaissance. LVI, 89-97
  • BAMFORTH,S.J., 1993. The Field of Cloth of Gold - or All That Glitters French Studies. 48, 15-16
  • BAMFORTH,S.J., 1992. The Editing and Translating of Jacobus Sylvius: Francisci francorum regis et Henrici anglorum colloquium X(1), 6-15
  • BAMFORTH,S.J., 1991. Reflexions on the National Theatre's new Miser 40, 18-20
  • BAMFORTH,S.J., 1991. Renaissance Studies. V(1-2), 1-237
  • BAMFORTH,S.J., 1991. Review of Palissy, B, Recepte Veritable, Modern Language Review. I, 204-205
  • BAMFORTH,S.J., 1990. Un po?me de Sylvius sur l'entrevue du Camp du Drap d'Or Biblioth茅que d'Humanisme et Renaissance. LII, 635-642
  • STEPHEN BAMFORTH, Nicolas Abraham de la Framboisi猫re, conseiller et m茅decin du roi: note biographique sur un m茅decin m茅connu. In: YVES BAUDELLE, ed., M茅langes 脿 l'honneur de Monique Gosselin Presses Universitaires de Lille. (In Press.)
  • STEPHEN BAMFORTH, B茅roalde de Verville - de l'alchimie au libertinage (茅rudit?). In: CHIARA LASTRAIOLI, TOSHINORI UETANI, ed., La verve, la plume et l'茅choppe: Etudes renaissantes 脿 la m茅moire de Michel Simonin Brepols. (In Press.)
  • STEPHEN BAMFORTH, Des Amadis aux Prodiges - l'illustration du livre populaire 脿 la Renaissance. In: JEAN-EUDES GIROT, ed., Le roman de chevalerie 脿 la Renaissance: litt茅rature et histoire du livre Editions Michel Aubry, Paris. (In Press.)

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