Louisa Mackenzie is an assistant professor in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Washington.

‘Louise Mackenzie has written a thoughtful and innovative book that locates at its centre the study of Lyric poetry and its engagement with place. It will appeal to all scholars interested in French Renaissance poetry and its many contexts.’ - Margaret M. McGowan (Renaissance Quarterly; vol64:04:2011) ‘A thought provoking contribution to our understanding of both the literature and history of early modern France… Mackenzie’s excellent book offers a sophisticated model for reading poetry in the light of social status, the socioeconomic conditions for the production of verse, political context, and poetry’s internal cultural logics.’ - Paul Cohen (Renaissance and Reformation – Spring 2012) ‘Mackenzie’s brilliant treatment of lyric and place in Renaissance France raises unsettling questions about poetry’s contemporary relevance…The book is a model for work shaped by history and theory and, at the same time committed to using them for our own ends.’ - Tim Conley (Modern Language Review, vol 74:03:2013)

• Introduction Place and Poetry: An OverviewThe Poet and the Mapmaker: Lyric and Cartographic Images of FranceThe Poet, the Nation, and the Region: Constructing Anjou and FranceThe Poet and the Painter: Problems of RepresentationThe Poet and the Environment: Naturalizing Conservative NostalgiaThe Poet and the Bower: Escaping HistoryConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Louisa Mackenzie is an assistant professor in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Washington.

‘Louise Mackenzie has written a thoughtful and innovative book that locates at its centre the study of Lyric poetry and its engagement with place. It will appeal to all scholars interested in French Renaissance poetry and its many contexts.’ - Margaret M. McGowan (Renaissance Quarterly; vol64:04:2011) ‘A thought provoking contribution to our understanding of both the literature and history of early modern France… Mackenzie’s excellent book offers a sophisticated model for reading poetry in the light of social status, the socioeconomic conditions for the production of verse, political context, and poetry’s internal cultural logics.’ - Paul Cohen (Renaissance and Reformation – Spring 2012) ‘Mackenzie’s brilliant treatment of lyric and place in Renaissance France raises unsettling questions about poetry’s contemporary relevance…The book is a model for work shaped by history and theory and, at the same time committed to using them for our own ends.’ - Tim Conley (Modern Language Review, vol 74:03:2013)

• Introduction Place and Poetry: An OverviewThe Poet and the Mapmaker: Lyric and Cartographic Images of FranceThe Poet, the Nation, and the Region: Constructing Anjou and FranceThe Poet and the Painter: Problems of RepresentationThe Poet and the Environment: Naturalizing Conservative NostalgiaThe Poet and the Bower: Escaping HistoryConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Louisa Mackenzie is an assistant professor in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Washington.

‘Louise Mackenzie has written a thoughtful and innovative book that locates at its centre the study of Lyric poetry and its engagement with place. It will appeal to all scholars interested in French Renaissance poetry and its many contexts.’ - Margaret M. McGowan (Renaissance Quarterly; vol64:04:2011) ‘A thought provoking contribution to our understanding of both the literature and history of early modern France… Mackenzie’s excellent book offers a sophisticated model for reading poetry in the light of social status, the socioeconomic conditions for the production of verse, political context, and poetry’s internal cultural logics.’ - Paul Cohen (Renaissance and Reformation – Spring 2012) ‘Mackenzie’s brilliant treatment of lyric and place in Renaissance France raises unsettling questions about poetry’s contemporary relevance…The book is a model for work shaped by history and theory and, at the same time committed to using them for our own ends.’ - Tim Conley (Modern Language Review, vol 74:03:2013)

• Introduction Place and Poetry: An OverviewThe Poet and the Mapmaker: Lyric and Cartographic Images of FranceThe Poet, the Nation, and the Region: Constructing Anjou and FranceThe Poet and the Painter: Problems of RepresentationThe Poet and the Environment: Naturalizing Conservative NostalgiaThe Poet and the Bower: Escaping HistoryConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex