Story, myth, and celebration in old French narrative poetry : 1050-1200 /
Uitti, Karl D.
Story, myth, and celebration in old French narrative poetry : 1050-1200 / Karl D. Uitti. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1973] - 1 online resource (ix, 256 pages) - Princeton Legacy Library . - Princeton legacy library. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface ; Contents ; Introduction and Summary ; Introduction; Introduction; Appendix Jehan Bodel's ""Song of the Saxons"": Epic Binarism and Narrative Meaning.
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 that not only expressed the complexity of its own time but also bequeathed to posterity a wide gamut of creative possibilities. Although much has been written about the works of this period, Karl Uitti offers the first critically orientated overview of this poetry as poetry. In the sections devoted t.
9781400871520 1400871522
22573/ctt13gmzqn JSTOR
Chrétien, de Troyes, active 12th century --Criticism and interpretation.
Chretien, de Troyes, active 12th century --Criticism and interpretation.
Roland (Legendary character)
Chrétien, de Troyes, active 12th century.
Chanson de Roland.
Vie de saint Alexis.
Chanson de Roland.
Vie de saint Alexis.
To 1500
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--History and criticism.--To 1500
Rhétorique médiévale.
Mythe dans la littérature.
Saints chrétiens dans la littérature.
Cycle d'Arthur--Histoire et critique.
Saints chrétiens--Culte--Histoire des doctrines--600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Poésie française--Histoire et critique.--Jusqu'à 1500
POETRY--European--General.
Arthurian romances.
Christian hagiography.
Christian saints--Cult--History of doctrines--Middle Ages.
Christian saints in literature.
French poetry.
Knights and knighthood in literature.
Myth in literature.
Narrative poetry, French.
Rhetoric, Medieval.
Romances.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PQ207 / .U5
841/.1/09
Story, myth, and celebration in old French narrative poetry : 1050-1200 / Karl D. Uitti. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1973] - 1 online resource (ix, 256 pages) - Princeton Legacy Library . - Princeton legacy library. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface ; Contents ; Introduction and Summary ; Introduction; Introduction; Appendix Jehan Bodel's ""Song of the Saxons"": Epic Binarism and Narrative Meaning.
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 that not only expressed the complexity of its own time but also bequeathed to posterity a wide gamut of creative possibilities. Although much has been written about the works of this period, Karl Uitti offers the first critically orientated overview of this poetry as poetry. In the sections devoted t.
9781400871520 1400871522
22573/ctt13gmzqn JSTOR
Chrétien, de Troyes, active 12th century --Criticism and interpretation.
Chretien, de Troyes, active 12th century --Criticism and interpretation.
Roland (Legendary character)
Chrétien, de Troyes, active 12th century.
Chanson de Roland.
Vie de saint Alexis.
Chanson de Roland.
Vie de saint Alexis.
To 1500
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--History and criticism.--To 1500
Rhétorique médiévale.
Mythe dans la littérature.
Saints chrétiens dans la littérature.
Cycle d'Arthur--Histoire et critique.
Saints chrétiens--Culte--Histoire des doctrines--600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Poésie française--Histoire et critique.--Jusqu'à 1500
POETRY--European--General.
Arthurian romances.
Christian hagiography.
Christian saints--Cult--History of doctrines--Middle Ages.
Christian saints in literature.
French poetry.
Knights and knighthood in literature.
Myth in literature.
Narrative poetry, French.
Rhetoric, Medieval.
Romances.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PQ207 / .U5
841/.1/09