Romancing the past : the rise of vernacular prose historiography in thirteenth-century France /

In a poststructuralist study of thirteenth-century French historical texts, Gabrielle Spiegel investigates the reasons for the rise of French vernacular prose historiography at this particular time. She argues that the vernacular prose histories that have until now been regarded as royalist were act...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Spiegel, Gabrielle M.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1993.
Collection:New historicism ; 23.
Sujets:
To 1515
French prose literature > To 1500 > History and criticism.
French prose literature > Roman influences.
Romances > History and criticism.
Literature and history.
Historiography > France.
Historiography > Rome.
Prose française > Jusqu'à 1500 > Histoire et critique.
Roman courtois > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et histoire.
Historiographie > France.
Historiographie > Rome.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
HISTORY / Europe / Medieval
French prose literature
Historiography
Literature and history
Romances
Geschiedschrijving.
Landstaal.
Frans.
Proza.
France > History > Medieval period, 987-1515 > Historiography.
France > History > To 987 > Historiography.
France > Histoire > 987-1515 > Historiographie.
France
Rome (Empire)
Frankrijk.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The historical setting
  • Pseudo-turpin and the problem of prose
  • Past politics and the politics of the past: ancient history I
  • The question of the heroic in translations of Lucan's Pharsalia: ancient history II
  • Contemporary chronicles: the contest over the past
  • Royal history: disengagement and reconciliation
  • Appendix: The continuation of Aimoin and the sources of the anonymous of Chantilly/Vatican.

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