Fictions Of Identity In Medieval France
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Fictions of Identity in Medieval France
Author | : Donald Maddox |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2000-11-23 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781139431866 |
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In this study of vernacular French narrative from the twelfth century through the later Middle Ages, first published in 2000, Donald Maddox considers the construction of identity in a wide range of fictions. He focuses on crucial encounters, widespread in medieval literature, in which characters are informed about fundamental aspects of their own circumstances and selfhood. These always arresting and highly significant moments of 'specular' encounter are examined in numerous Old and Middle French romances, hagiographic texts, epics and brief narratives. Maddox discloses the key role of identity in an original reading of the Lais of Marie de France as a unified collection, as well as in Arthurian literature, fictions of the courtly tryst, genealogies and medieval family romance. The study offers many new perspectives on the poetic and cultural implications of identity as an imaginary construct during the long formative period of French literature.
Fictions of Identity in Medieval France
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Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : French literature |
ISBN | : 0511013949 |
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In this study of vernacular French narrative from the twelfth century through the later Middle Ages, Maddox considers the construction of identity in a range of fictions. He focuses on crucial encounters, widespread in medieval literature, in which characters are informed about fundamental aspects of their own circumstances and selfhood.
Representing the Dead
Author | : Helen J. Swift |
Publsiher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781843844365 |
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An examination of how the dead were memorialised in late medieval French literature.
Difference and Identity in Francia and Medieval France
Author | : Meredith Cohen,Justine Firnhaber-Baker |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 343 |
Release | : 2016-12-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781351944236 |
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Difference in medieval France was not solely a marker for social exclusion, provoking feelings of disgust and disaffection, but it could also create solidarity and sympathy among groups. Contributors to this volume address inclusion and exclusion from a variety of perspectives, ranging from ethnic and linguistic difference in Charlemagne's court, to lewd sculpture in Béarn, to prostitution and destitution in Paris. Arranged thematically, the sections progress from the discussion of tolerance and intolerance, through the clearly defined notion of foreignness, to the complex study of stranger identity in the medieval period. As a whole the volume presents a fresh, intriguing perspective on questions of exclusion and belonging in the medieval world.
Shaping Identity in Medieval French Literature
Author | : Adrian P. Tudor,Kristin L. Burr |
Publsiher | : University Press of Florida |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2019-08-05 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780813057194 |
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This collection considers the multiplicity and instability of medieval French literary identity, arguing that it is fluid and represented in numerous ways. The works analyzed span genres—epic, romance, lyric poetry, hagiography, fabliaux—and historical periods from the twelfth century to the late Middle Ages. Contributors examine the complexity of the notion of self through a wide range of lenses, from marginal characters to gender to questions of voice and naming. Studying a variety of texts—including Conte du Graal, Roman de la Rose, Huon de Bordeaux, and the Oxford Roland—they conceptualize the Other Within as an individual who simultaneously exists within a group while remaining foreign to it. They explore the complex interactions between and among individuals and groups, and demonstrate how identity can be imposed and self-imposed not only by characters but by authors and audiences. Taken together, these essays highlight the fluidity and complexity of identity in medieval French texts, and underscore both the richness of the literature and its engagement with questions that are at once more and less modern than they initially appear. Contributors: Adrian P. Tudor | Kristin L. Burr | William Burgwinkle | Jane Gilbert | Francis Gingras | Sara I. James | Douglas Kelly | Mary Jane Schenck | James R. Simpson | Jane H.M. Taylor
Writing Regional Identities in Medieval England
Author | : Emily Dolmans |
Publsiher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : English literature |
ISBN | : 9781843845683 |
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An examination of how regional identities are reflected in texts from medieval England.
The Medieval French Alexander
Author | : Donald Maddox,Sara Sturm-Maddox |
Publsiher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2012-02-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780791488324 |
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Alexander the Great was one of the legendary Nine Worthies in the medieval canon of ancient and modern heroes, and medieval writers exploited his legend in a wide variety of literary and didactic texts. Addressing the classical legacy to the Middle Ages as expressed in four centuries of vernacular narratives, this volume offers the first systematic collective study of Alexander the Great's thematic prominence in medieval culture. Contributors from Britain, France, the Netherlands, and the United States combine sensitive textual analyses with perspectives from such diverse fields as art history, codicology, anthropology, sociology, the history of mentalities, and postcolonial theory. Overall, the collection offers a provocative rethinking of the monumental medieval French tradition of Alexander the Great, as well as valuable insight into the emergence and transformations of French literature between the early twelfth century and the end of the Middle Ages.
Logical Fictions in Medieval Literature and Philosophy
Author | : Virginie Greene |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 307 |
Release | : 2014-10-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781107068742 |
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This book examines the ways in which traditions of philosophy and logic are reflected in major works of medieval literature.