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The Cambridge companion to medieval French literature
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The Cambridge companion to medieval French literature

Author: Simon Gaunt; Sarah Kay
Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Series: Cambridge companions to topics.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Simon Gaunt; Sarah Kay
ISBN: 9780521861755 0521861756 9780521679756 0521679753
OCLC Number: 181141076
Description: xii, 275 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction / Simon Gaunt, 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 / 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.
Series Title: Cambridge companions to topics.
Other Titles: Medieval French literature
Responsibility: edited by Simon Gaunt and Sarah Kay.
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Aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students, this is a wide-ranging overview of the rich tradition of medieval French literature.  Read more...

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