The Sense of the Song of Roland / / Robert F. Cook.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Cook, Robert F.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Preliminary Note --; PART ONE. Commentary on the Narrative --; Before Roncevaux (laisses 1–68) --; The Battle of Roncevaux (laisses 69–188) --; The Victory over Baligant (laisses 189–269) --; The Trial of Ganelon (laisses 270–91) --; PART TWO. The Sense of the Song of Roland --; 1. Rereading the Song of Roland --; 2. Démesure and Choice --; 3. The Characters: Words and Deeds --; 4. Coherence and Ideology --; 5. The Feudal-Christian Setting --; 6. The Feudal-Christian Ethos --; 7. The Aesthetics of Heroism --; 8. Roland's Simple Heroism --; Works Cited --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501745683; 9783110536171
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501745683
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Robert F. Cook.

This book offers a detailed interpretation of the Song of Roland, one of the best-known texts in all heroic literature. It also includes a commentary that treats the poem's place in the eleventh (or early twelfth) century, its importance to the society that produced it, and the ways in which it is read today.