BIOGRAPHY

Laidlaw, J. C. “Master Alain Chartier and Master Alain Lequeu.” French Studies 22, no. 3 (July 1968): 191-200.

Attempts to glean biographical information on Chartier from an examination of the household records of Yolande of Anjou, wife of King Louis II, which seem to suggest that Chartier was employed in the household.

CRITICISM

Blayney, Margaret S., ed. Fifteenth-Century English Translations of Alain Chartier's Le Traité de l'Esperance and Le Quadrilogue Invectif. 2 vols. London: Oxford University Press, 1974, 1980.

Two-part edition of early English translations of Chartier's works. Volume I contains the text of the translations; Volume II contains the scholarly apparatus, including detailed examinations of the manuscripts and the method of translation.

Ferrier, Janet M. “The Theme of Fortune in the Writings of Alain Chartier.” In Medieval Miscellany Presented to Eugène Vinaver by Pupils, Colleagues and Friends, edited by F. Whitehead, A. H. Diverres, and F. E. Sutcliffe, pp. 124-35. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1965.

Traces references to fortune throughout Chartier's works.

Gathercole, Patricia M. “Illuminations on the Manuscripts of Alain Chartier.” Studi Francesi 60 (1976): 504-10.

Detailed descriptions of the artwork embellishing several manuscripts of Chartier's work.

Laidlaw, J. C. “The Manuscripts of Alain Chartier.” The Modern Language Review 61, no. 2 (April 1966): 188-98.

Discusses issues related to the large number of manuscripts attributable to Chartier and attempts to compile a complete list of manuscripts.

Press, A. R. “Chrétien de Troyes's Laudine: A Belle Dame sans mercy?” Forum for Modern Language Studies 19, no. 2 (April 1983): 158-71.

Looks at the character Laudine in Chrétien's Yvain as a prototype of the central figure of Chartier's La Belle Dame sans mercy.

Additional coverage of Chartier's life and career is contained in the following source published by the Gale Group: Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 208.