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Title The Cambridge companion to medieval French literature / edited by Simon Gaunt and Sarah Kay
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 268 pages) : illustrations
Series Cambridge collections online
Cambridge companions to literature and classics
Cambridge collections online
Cambridge companions to literature
Contents Introduction / Simon Gaunt and Sarah Kay -- The Chanson de Roland / Jane Gilbert -- The old French Vulgate cycle / Peggy McCracken -- Le Roman de la rose / Noah D. Guynn -- The Testament of François Villon / Adrian Armstrong -- Chrétien de Troyes / Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner -- The Châtelain de Couci / Simon Gaunt -- Guillaume de Machaut / Deborah McGrady -- Christine de Pizan / Marilynn Desmond -- Narrative genres / Keith Busby -- Lyric poetry of the later Middle Ages / Jane H.M. Taylor -- Genre, parody, and spectacle in Aucassin et Nicolette and other short comic tales / Sarah Kay -- Theatre and theatricality / Helen Solterer -- Feudalism and kingship / James R. Simpson -- Clerks and laity / Emma Campbell -- The marital and the sexual / William Burgwinkle -- Others and alterity / Sylvia Huot -- Bibliography of medieval French texts
Summary "Medieval French literature encompasses 450 years of literary output in Old and Middle French, mostly produced in Northern France and England. These texts, including courtly lyrics, prose and verse romances, dits amoureux and plays, proved hugely influential for other European literary traditions in the medieval period and beyond. This Companion offers a wide-ranging and stimulating guide to literature composed in medieval French from its beginnings in the ninth century until the Renaissance. The essays are grounded in detailed analysis of canonical texts and authors such as the Chanson de Roland, the Roman de la Rose, Villon's Testament, Chrétien de Troyes, Machaut, Christine de Pisan and the Tristan romances. Featuring a chronology and suggestions for further reading, this is the ideal companion for students and scholars in other fields wishing to discover the riches of the French medieval tradition."
Notes Title from home page (viewed Mar. 8, 2011)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-268)
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Subject French literature -- To 1500 -- History and criticism
French Literature.
French literature.
Languages & Literatures.
Romance Literatures.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Gaunt, Simon
Kay, Sarah
ISBN 0521679753 (pbk.)
0521861756
1139001809
9780521679756 (pbk.)
9780521861755
9781139001809
Other Titles Medieval French literature