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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827326003321

Autore

Burland Margaret

Titolo

Strange words [[electronic resource] ] : retelling and reception in the medieval Roland textual tradition / / Margaret Jewett Burland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2007

ISBN

0-268-07627-8

0-268-07572-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

x, 332 p

Disciplina

841/.1

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-320) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: The Song of Roland and the narrativity of Roncevaux -- The Oxford Roland: la geste and reliable rewriting -- The Châteauroux version: retelling as redemptive reception -- Ronsasvals: distorted discourse and reliable reception -- Galïen restoré: rewriting and reception as remembrance -- Conclusion: Roland's heart and "Roncevaux": preservation and transformation.

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first book to offer analyses of multiple medieval Roland texts in English, and Burland manages to make this study accessible and clear.