Vernacular verse histories in early medieval England and Francia : the bard and the rag-picker /
"In a provocative take on Germanic heroic poetry, Taranu sees this apparently legendary or fictional corpus as an alternative form of history-writing that actively meditates on its own relationship to historicity and fictionality while doing sophisticated (and often subversive) cultural and soc...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Routledge,
2021.
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| Series: | Routledge studies in medieval literature and culture.
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| Summary: | "In a provocative take on Germanic heroic poetry, Taranu sees this apparently legendary or fictional corpus as an alternative form of history-writing that actively meditates on its own relationship to historicity and fictionality while doing sophisticated (and often subversive) cultural and socio-emotional work for its audiences"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 239 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780367459710 036745971X |