Old French narrative cycles : heroism between ethics and morality /

This is a study of four colossal medieval works -- the Cycle de Guillaume d'Orange, the Vulgate Cycle, the Prose Tristan and the Roman de Renart -- which are normally considered separately. By placing them side-by-side for analysis, Luke Sunderland is able to argue for an aesthetic of cyclicity...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sunderland, Luke (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, [2010]
Colección:Gallica (Woodbridge (Suffolk, England)) ; v. 15.
Temas:
Guillaume d'Orange (Chansons de geste)
Lancelot (Prose cycle)
Roman de Renart.
Roman de Tristan en prose.
Roman de Renart
Romans de la table ronde
Wilhelmszyklus
To 1500
French prose literature > To 1500 > History and criticism.
Heroes in literature.
Romances > History and criticism.
Prose française > Jusqu'à 1500 > Histoire et critique.
Héros dans la littérature.
Roman courtois > Histoire et critique.
FICTION > General.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
French prose literature.
Romances.
Held > Motiv
Tristanepik
Heroismus
Altfranzösisch
Epos
Zyklus
Literary criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Critiques littéraires.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Duty to the Geste : the Cycle de Guillaume d'Orange
  • Metaphor, metonymy and morality : the Vulgate cycle
  • Responsibility to reputation : the Prose Tristan
  • Ethical evil : the Roman de Renart.

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