Editing Louise Labé (section)

=== Marc Fumaroli and Mireille Huchon ===

In her 2006 book the [[University of Paris (post-1970)|Sorbonne]] professor and specialist of [[Rabelais]] [[Mireille Huchon]] controversially argued that, despite over four centuries of scholarship and biographical evidence to the contrary, Louise Labé was not the author of the works signed with her name but rather that these works were by the Lyonnais poets [[Maurice Scève]], [[Olivier de Magny]], [[Claude de Taillemont]], [[Jacques Peletier du Mans]], [[Guillaume des Autels]], and others, and by the publisher [[Jean de Tournes]]. The conservative critic [[Marc Fumaroli]] called Huchon's argument "irrefutable" in the literature supplement of ''[[Le Monde]]''.<ref>Fumaroli, ''Le Monde'', May 5, 2006.</ref>  Numerous critics and scholars examined Huchon's essay and frequently found her reasoning absurd, judging that her interpretation of the biographical evidence seemed to show inexplicable bias and reliance on unfounded assumptions. The lack of any evidence in support of her thesis was a further reason for the ease with which many dismissed her ideas as mistaken and considered Huchon's work to have made no valuable contribution to scholarship. The list of eminent scholars opposing Huchon include Emmanuel Buron, Henri Hours, Bernard Plessy, Madeleine Lazard, Daniel Martin, Eliane Viennot, and many others. Despite strong objections from most Labé scholars, however, Huchon's audacious thesis has not entirely disappeared from view.<ref>The French webpage entitled "Louise Labé attaquée!" ("Louise Labe attacked!") at {{cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.siefar.org/ActuSIEFAR-Labe.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061129105135/http://www.siefar.org/ActuSIEFAR-Labe.html |archive-date=2006-11-29 |access-date=2007-04-04 }} is collecting published responses to Huchon's book and making them available online. Scholars who disagree with part or all of Huchon's theory include Emmanuel Buron, "Claude de Taillemont et les ''Escriz de divers Poëtes à la louenge de Louïze Labé Lionnoize.'' Discussion critique de ''Louise Labé, une créature de papier'', de Mireille Huchon," ''L'Information littéraire'' 2, 2006, p. 38-46 ({{cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.siefar.org/RessourcesEtudes/Buron-Louise-Labe.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206163326/http://www.siefar.org/RessourcesEtudes/Buron-Louise-Labe.pdf |archive-date=2007-02-06 |access-date=2007-04-04 }}); Henri Hours and Bernard Plessy, "Sur Louise Labé, rien de nouveau," ''Le Bulletin des Lettres,'' October 2006, p. 3-5 ([http://www.siefar.org/ActuSIEFAR-Labe.html#anchor%20Hours] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061129105135/http://www.siefar.org/ActuSIEFAR-Labe.html |date=2006-11-29 }});
Madeleine Lazard, "Droit de réponse envoyé au ''Monde des livres,'' non publié" ([http://www.siefar.org/ActuSIEFAR-Labe.html#ancre%20Lazard] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061129105135/http://www.siefar.org/ActuSIEFAR-Labe.html#ancre%20Lazard |date=2006-11-29 }}   ); Daniel Martin, "Louise Labé est-elle 'une creature de papier'?" ''Réforme, Humanisme, Renaissance'' 63, December 2006, p. 7-37 ({{cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.siefar.org/RessourcesEtudes/Martin-Louise-Labe.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614130326/http://www.siefar.org/RessourcesEtudes/Martin-Louise-Labe.pdf |archive-date=2007-06-14 |access-date=2007-04-04 }}); and Eliane Viennot, "Notice sur Louise Labé," ''Théâtre de femmes de l'Ancien Régime,'' December 2006, p. 377-379 ([http://www.siefar.org/ActuSIEFAR-Labe.html#anchor%20Viennot] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061129105135/http://www.siefar.org/ActuSIEFAR-Labe.html#anchor%20Viennot |date=2006-11-29 }}   ).</ref>