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Author Kay, Sarah

Title The chansons de geste in the age of romance : political fictions / Sarah Kay
Published Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 273 pages)
Contents pt. I. Genre and Narrative. 1. The Problem of Women: Price or Gift? 2. Narratives of Conflict/Conflict of Narratives -- pt. II. Social Organization and Meaning. 3. Patriarchy. 4. Hierarchy. 5. Companions and Brothers -- pt. III. Political Critique. 6. Allies and Enemies. 7. The Poetics of the Gift and the Problems of Men -- Appendix: Outlines of Less Well-Known Chansons de geste Featuring in this Study
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
Analysis French poetry
Epic poetry
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-267) and index
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Subject French poetry -- To 1500 -- History and criticism
Political poetry, French -- History and criticism
Epic poetry, French -- History and criticism
Chansons de geste -- History and criticism
Civilization, Medieval, in literature.
Politics and literature -- France
Romances -- History and criticism
Chansons de geste
Civilization, Medieval, in literature
Epic poetry, French
French poetry
Political poetry, French
Politics and literature
Romances
Chansons de geste.
Politiek.
France
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191672903
0191672904