Medieval Boundaries : : Rethinking Difference in Old French Literature / / Sharon Kinoshita.

In Medieval Boundaries, Sharon Kinoshita examines the role of cross-cultural contact in twelfth- and early thirteenth-century French literature. Starting from the observation that many of the earliest and best-known works of the French literary tradition are set on or beyond the borders of the Frenc...

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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013]
©2006
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:The Middle Ages Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.) :; 11 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • PART I. EPIC REVISIONS
  • 1. "Pagans Are Wrong and Christians Are Right"
  • 2. The Politics of Courtly Love
  • PART II. ROMANCES OF ASSIMILATION
  • 3. "In the Beginning Was the Road"
  • 4. Colonial Possessions
  • PART III. CRISIS AND CHANGE IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY
  • Introduction
  • 5. Brave New Worlds
  • 6. The Romance of MiscegeNation
  • 7. Uncivil Wars
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments