Story, myth, and celebration in old French narrative poetry : 1050-1200

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Twelfth-century France has been described as the key to many of the most important developments of medieval civilization. Nowhere is this description more accurate than in the domain of poetic invention. The years 1050 to 1200 witnessed the development of a brilliant body of vernacular narrative tha...

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Main Author: Uitti, Karl D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1973]
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Subjects:
Chrétien, > de Troyes, > active 12th century > Criticism and interpretation.
Chretien, > de Troyes, > active 12th century > Criticism and interpretation.
Chanson de Roland.
Vie de saint Alexis.
Rhetoric, Medieval.
Myth in literature.
Christian saints in literature.
Knights and knighthood in literature.
Arthurian romances > History and criticism.
Christian hagiography > History > To 1500.
Christian saints > Cult > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Roland (Legendary character) > Romances > History and criticism.
Narrative poetry, French > History and criticism.
French poetry > To 1500 > History and criticism.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface ; Contents ; Introduction and Summary ; Introduction; Introduction; Appendix Jehan Bodel's ""Song of the Saxons"": Epic Binarism and Narrative Meaning.

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