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- catalog abstract ""In this study of vernacular French narrative from the twelfth century through the later Middle Ages, Donald Maddox considers the construction of identity in a wide range of fictions. He focuses on crucial encounters, widespread in medieval literature, in which characters are informed about fundamental aspects of their own circumstances and selfhood. These always arresting and highly significant moments of "specular" encounter are examined in numerous Old and Middle French romances, hagiographic texts, epics, and brief narratives. Maddox discloses the key role of identity in an original reading of the Lais of Marie de France as a unified collection, as well as in Arthurian literature, fictions of the courtly tryst, genealogies, and medieval family romance. The study offers many new perspectives on the poetic and cultural implications of identity as an imaginary construct during the long formative period of French literature."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11980446.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""In this study of vernacular French narrative from the twelfth century through the later Middle Ages, Donald Maddox considers the construction of identity in a wide range of fictions. He focuses on crucial encounters, widespread in medieval literature, in which characters are informed about fundamental aspects of their own circumstances and selfhood. These always arresting and highly significant moments of "specular" encounter are examined in numerous Old and Middle French romances, hagiographic texts, epics, and brief narratives. Maddox discloses the key role of identity in an original reading of the Lais of Marie de France as a unified collection, as well as in Arthurian literature, fictions of the courtly tryst, genealogies, and medieval family romance. The study offers many new perspectives on the poetic and cultural implications of identity as an imaginary construct during the long formative period of French literature."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-289) and index.".
- catalog extent "xx, 295 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521781051".
- catalog isPartOf "Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 43".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "843.109 21".
- catalog subject "French fiction To 1500 History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "French literature To 1500 History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.".
- catalog subject "Identity (Psychology) in literature.".
- catalog subject "PQ607 .M33 2000".
- catalog title "Fictions of identity in medieval France / Donald Maddox.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".