| Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 379 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: Joseph Bédier and the imperial nation -- Roncevaux and Réunion -- Medieval and colonial attractions -- Between Paris and Saint-Denis -- Island philology -- A creole epic -- Postcolonial itineraries -- Afterword: medieval debris |
| Summary |
Joseph Bédier (1864-1938) was one of the most famous scholars of his day. He held prestigious posts and lectured throughout Europe and the United States, an activity unusual for an academic of his time. A scholar of the French Middle Ages, he translated Tristan and Isolde as well as France's national epic, The Song of Roland. Bédier was publicly committed to French hegemony, yet he hailed from a culture that belied this ideal-the island of Réunion in the southern Indian Ocean. In Creole Medievalism, Michelle Warren demonstrates that Bédier's relationship to this multicultural and economically |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Bédier, Joseph, 1864-1938 -- Knowledge -- Middle Ages
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Bédier, Joseph, 1864-1938 -- Knowledge
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Bédier, Joseph, 1864-1938 -- Knowledge -- French literature
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| SUBJECT |
Bédier, Joseph, 1864-1938 fast |
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Medievalism -- Réunion
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National characteristics, French.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French.
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French colonies
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French literature
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International relations
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Literature
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Medievalism
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Middle Ages
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National characteristics, French
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Réunion -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85113391
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Réunion -- In literature
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France -- Colonies -- Africa.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88007194
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Réunion -- Relations -- France
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France -- Relations -- Réunion
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Africa
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France
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Réunion
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780816675418 |
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0816675414 |
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1299944507 |
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9781299944503 |
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