The chansons de geste in the age of romance : political fictions /
This is a major reassessment of the relation between the medieval French chansons de geste and the romance genre. Drawing on ideas from anthropology and psychoanalysis, it argues that the chansons de geste are political fictions, exploring political problems such as oppression and violence.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford [England] : New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
1995.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This is a major reassessment of the relation between the medieval French chansons de geste and the romance genre. Drawing on ideas from anthropology and psychoanalysis, it argues that the chansons de geste are political fictions, exploring political problems such as oppression and violence. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 273 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-267) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191672903 0191672904 |