Reception and memory : a cognitive approach to the chansons de geste / / Paula Leverage.
This book is the first cognitive literary analysis in the field of medieval French literature. As such, it focuses on the question of audience in the Old French epic poems known as chansons de geste . Bringing to bear evidence from historical, literary, and manuscript sources, from the perspective o...
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| Superior document: | Faux titre ; 349 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Faux titre ;
no. 349. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Reception of the Chansons de Geste: The Medieval Model
- The Codicology and Transmission History of the Manuscripts
- Reception of the Chansons de geste: The Modern Model
- Medieval Memory Theory and the Epic Aesthetic
- A Remembering Audience
- An Aesthetic of Division and Repetition
- Repetition Effects
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index of Manuscripts
- General Index.