TY - BOOK AU - Uitti,Karl D. TI - Story, myth, and celebration in old French narrative poetry: 1050-1200 T2 - Princeton Legacy Library SN - 9781400871520 AV - PQ207 .U5 U1 - 841/.1/09 PY - 1973///] CY - Princeton, N.J. PB - Princeton University Press KW - Chrétien, KW - Chretien, KW - Roland KW - Chanson de Roland KW - Vie de saint Alexis KW - fast KW - Rhetoric, Medieval KW - Myth in literature KW - Christian saints in literature KW - Knights and knighthood in literature KW - Arthurian romances KW - History and criticism KW - Christian hagiography KW - History KW - To 1500 KW - Christian saints KW - Cult KW - History of doctrines KW - Middle Ages, 600-1500 KW - Roland (Legendary character) KW - Romances KW - Narrative poetry, French KW - French poetry KW - Rhétorique médiévale KW - Mythe dans la littérature KW - Saints chrétiens dans la littérature KW - Cycle d'Arthur KW - Histoire et critique KW - Saints chrétiens KW - Culte KW - Histoire des doctrines KW - 600-1500 (Moyen Âge) KW - Poésie française KW - Jusqu'à 1500 KW - POETRY KW - European KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - Middle Ages KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Preface ; Contents ; Introduction and Summary ; Introduction; Introduction; Appendix Jehan Bodel's ""Song of the Saxons"": Epic Binarism and Narrative Meaning N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=947020 ER -