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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Main Author: Taranu, Catalin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
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"--
Physical Description:xv, 239 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780367459710
036745971X