On the repressed drunkenness of knights ‘L’air magique de Jehan de Vitteaux’

“­­­L’air magique…” shows the humiliating defeat of a knight, whose oversized sword and haughty attitude do not stand up to the musical and oenological test of ­­­culture from a “cleric of the gay science” who makes him dance. With its cascade of word play and satirical suggestions, ­­­Bertrand’s text embodies the resources that such a gay science can bring to ­­­poets’ small acts of resistance.