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French epic poetry in the sixteenth century
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Feudal France in the French Epic
From the INTRODUCTION - French Epic Poetry. At the outset of this study it is desirable to make a definite analysis of the meaning of the term French Epic Poetry and what part of this corpus is to be styled Feudal Poetry. In a large sense almost all narrative works in verse composed prior to the fourteenth century, and dealing even remotely with life in France, are known as the French Epic. The designation covers a long period of composition, and a wide variety of material and treatment. It includes the Chanson de Roland of the primitive period, and at the other extreme of age and style the Cligés and similar works of Chrétien de Troyes. The age of the first production of epic poetry in Fr...
Allegory in the French Heroic Poem of the Seventeenth Century
Examines French heroic poetry and allegory in the seventeenth century.
Reveries of Community
Reveries of Community reconsiders the role of epic poetry during the French Wars of Religion, the series of wars between Catholics and Protestants that dominated France between 1562 and 1598. Critics have often viewed French epic poetry as a casualty of these wars, arguing that the few epics France produced during this conflict failed in power and influence compared to those of France’s neighbors, such as Italy’s Orlando Furioso, England’s Faerie Queene, and Portugal’s Os Lusíadas. Katherine S. Maynard argues instead that the wars did not hinder epic poetry, but rather French poets responded to the crisis by using epic poetry to reimagine France’s present and future. Traditionally...
Constructions of Childhood and Youth in Old French Narrative
What do we know of medieval childhood? Were boundaries always clear between childhood and young adulthood? Was medieval childhood gendered? Scholars have been debating such questions over half a century. Can evidence from imaginative literature test the conclusions of historians? Phyllis Gaffney's innovative book reveals contrast and change in the portrayal of childhood and youth by looking at vernacular French narratives composed between 1100 and 1220. Covering over sixty poems from two major genres - epic and romance - she traces a significant evolution. While early epics contain only a few stereotypical images of the child, later verse narratives display a range of arguably timeless motif...
Feudal France in the French Epic
Excerpt from Feudal France in the French Epic: A Study of Feudal French Institutions in History and Poetry At the outset of this study it is desirable to make a definite analysis Of the meaning Of the term French Epic Poetry and what part Of this corpus is to be styled Feudal Poetry. In a large sense almost all narrative works in verse composed prior to the fourteenth century, and dealing even remotely with life in France, are known as the French Epic. The designation cov ers a long period Of composition, and a wide variety Of material and treatment. It includes the Chanson de Roland Of the primitive period, and at the other extreme Of age and style the C lige's and similar works Of Chrétie...
The Old French Epic
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