| Education
University of Pennsylvania, 1977-1989
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Ph.D.: French (1989)
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M.A.: French (1979)
University of California, Irvine, 1971-1977
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Bachelor of Arts: French and Philosophy (1977)
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Bachelor of Arts: Fine Arts (Studio) (1977)
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"Ex litterarum studiis immortalitatem acquiri"
("That immortality is attained by literary studies")
Alciato: Emb.133
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| Publications
The Gaillard Spirit...
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Coping with Catastrophe
"Obdurandum adversus urgentia"
("One must persist against oppressions")
Alciato, Emb.36
Suleiman the Magnificent (1495-1566)
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Pontus de Tyard (1521-1605)
François Clouet (Janet): Dame au bain
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A.
Book
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Ronsard's Contentious
Sisters: The Paragone between Poetry and Paining in the Works of Pierre
de Ronsard. Chapel Hill: North Carolina Studies in Romance
Languages and Literatures, 1998. This book examines the contribution
of Pierre de Ronsard to the centuries-old paragone, or "contest,"
for artistic supremacy between the "sister arts" of poetry and painting.
The study focuses on Ronsard's numerous poems about narrative paintings
and portraits and offers insights into the aesthetic, semiotic, epistemological,
and metaphysical implications of his distinctive preference for poetry.
B. Books in Progress
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Shaping a French Identity: The “Gaillard” Spirit in the Age of Ronsard.
This book examines the notion of the “gaillard” spirit that emerges with
exceptional clarity and multivalence in the works of Pierre de Ronsard.
The investigation finds “gaillardise” to be a foundation of the Pléiade
laureate’s moral philosophy and poetic theory as well as a notion that
has shaped one of the most distinctive and enduring facets of the stereotypical
“French” identity. For Ronsard as for so many who have subsequently
reflected on the matter, this identity inscribes not only the attributes
of physical strength, youthful liveliness, and sexual vigor—all in keeping
with the etymological origins of “gaillard” (derived from the Gallo-Roman
noun galia, denoting force or strength)—but also such diverse qualities
as nimbleness of wit, civility, playfulness, and audacity—enhancements
to the notion of gaillardise inspired by the Aristotelian moral concept
of “eutrapelia.” The book therefore contributes to our understanding
of Ronsardian poetics and Renaissance French literary history while also
demonstrating the broad cultural relevance that such matters may have on
the genesis of a national identity.
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Coping with Catastrophe in Renaissance French Literature.
Inspired by the tragic events of September 11, 2001, Dr. Campo is currently
assembling and editing a series of scholarly essays by distinguished seizièmistes
exploring the explicit and implicit ways in which early modern French authors
coped with the many "catastrophes" (religious, political, military, natural,
professional, wholly personal, etc.) of their day--all with an eye to considering
how their reactions might inform our own responses to the "catastrophes"
we face in the increasingly precarious world of today. Authors studied
include Marot, Rabelais, Hélisenne de Crenne, Ronsard, Montaigne
and Aubigné.
C. Articles
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“Pierre de Ronsard.” Dictionary of Literary Biography: Sixteenth-
Century French Literature. Ed. Megan Conway. Columbia, SC: Bruccoli
Clark Layman, 2006. 354-77
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“The Oriental ‘Other’ and French Self-Fashioning from Turoldus to Camus.”
Critical
Essays on Contemporary European Culture and Society. Ed. Ursala Beitter.
New York: Peter Lang, 2003. 1-17 .
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“Ronsard’s Eutrapelian Gaillardise.” Neophilologus 87 (2003):
529-51.
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“Du miroir à la mémoire: sur les jeux ecphrastiques dans
La
Bergerie de Remy Belleau.” Nouvelle Revue du Seizième Siècle
20/2 (2002): 5-23.
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"Words in Passing/Passing on the Word: Ronsard's Epitaphes and the
glimpses of a Graveside Poetic." In Ronsard: Figure de la variété--en
mémoire d'Isidore Silver. Ed. Colette H. Winn. Geneva:
Librairie Droz, 2002. Pp. 283-94.
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"Tyard's Graphic Metamorphoses: Figuring the Semiosic Drift in the
Douze
Fables de fleuves ou fontaines." Renaissance
Quarterly 54.3 (fall 2001): 776-800.
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"The Ottoman 'Other' in the Literature of Renaissance France: An Early-Modrn
Perspective on a Modrn European Problem." In The
New Europe at the Crossroads: Europe's Classical Heritage in the Twenty-First
Century, edited by Ursula E. Beitter, 23-41. New
York: Peter Lang, 2001.
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"Mannerist Conflict and the Paragone in Ronsard's Temple de Messeigneurs."
L'Esprit
Créateur, 33 (1993): 9-19.
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"Pictoral Concerns in the Ronsardian Exegi Monumentum."
The
Sixteenth Century Journal, 24 (1993): 671-83.
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"The Arts in Conflict in Ronsard's Des peintures comtenues dedans un
tableau." Romance
Quarterly, 39 (1992): 411-24.
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"A poem to a Painter: The Elegie à Janet and Ronsard's Dilemma
of Ambivalence." French Forum, 12 (1987): 273-87.
C. Research in Progress
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Article: “When Words Just Aren’t Enough: Ronsard’s Curious Reticence
about the Tragic Death of Henri II”. For inclusion in Coping with
Catastrophe (see above).
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Article: “Endings as Beginnings: The Prospects of a Terrestrial
Afterlife
all'antica in Ronsard's Sur la mort de Marie.”
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