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Author Redman, Harry

Title The Roland legend in nineteenth-century French literature / Harry Redman, Jr
Published Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, ©1991

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Description 1 online resource (262 pages)
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Toponomy; 1 Vague Recollections and New Beginnings; 2 Patriot Warrior; 3 The Romantics' Roland; 4 Magnificent Braggart and Doomed Lover; 5 Despair, Hope, and Triumph; 6 A Hero for All Seasons; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
Summary The year was 778. Charlemagne, starting homeward after an expedition onto the Iberian Peninsula, left his nephew, Count Roland, in command of a rear guard. As Roland and his troops moved through the Pyrenees, a fierce enemy swooped down and annihilated them. Whether the attackers were Moors, Basques, Gascons, or Aquitainians is still disputed. The massacre soon passed into legend, preserved but at the same time expanded and interpreted in oral tradition and written accounts. Dormant after the late Middle Ages, the legend began to inspire literary works even before the discovery and publication
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 2, 2015)
SUBJECT Roland (Legendary character) fast
Chanson de Roland. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79088935
Chanson de Roland fast
Subject French literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
Roland (Legendary character) -- Romances -- Adaptations -- History and criticism
Epic poetry, French -- Adaptations -- History and criticism
Chansons de geste -- Adaptations -- History and criticism
Medievalism -- France -- History -- 19th century
Middle Ages in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French.
Chansons de geste -- Adaptations
Epic poetry, French -- Adaptations
French literature
Medievalism
Middle Ages in literature
France
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813164427
0813164427
0813195004
9780813195001