1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450156703321

Autore

Maddox Donald

Titolo

Fictions of identity in medieval France / / Donald Maddox [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000

ISBN

1-107-12023-3

0-511-01394-9

1-280-15910-3

0-511-11862-7

0-511-15643-X

0-511-32899-0

0-511-48583-2

0-511-04593-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 295 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; ; 43

Disciplina

843.109

Soggetti

French literature - To 1500 - History and criticism

Identity (Psychology) in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-289) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION Identity and encounter in medieval literature; 1 The specular encounter in fictions of reciprocity: the Lais of Marie de France; 2 The specular encounter in Arthurian romance; 3 From encounter to specular encounter in fictions of the courtly tryst; 4 The specular encounter in fictions of lineage; AFTERWORD The specular encounter in perspective; Appendix; Notes; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this study of vernacular French narrative from the twelfth century through the later Middle Ages, first published in 2000, Donald Maddox considers the construction of identity in a wide range of fictions. He focuses on crucial encounters, widespread in medieval literature, in which characters are informed about fundamental aspects of their own circumstances and selfhood. These always arresting and highly



significant moments of 'specular' encounter are examined in numerous Old and Middle French romances, hagiographic texts, epics and brief narratives. Maddox discloses the key role of identity in an original reading of the Lais of Marie de France as a unified collection, as well as in Arthurian literature, fictions of the courtly tryst, genealogies and medieval family romance. The study offers many new perspectives on the poetic and cultural implications of identity as an imaginary construct during the long formative period of French literature.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910983064403321

Titolo

Motortechnische Zeitschrift : MTZ

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stuttgart, : Franckh

Stuttgart, : Franckh-Kosmos

Wiesbaden, : F. Vieweg & Sohn

Stuttgart, : F. Vieweg & Sohn

Wiesbaden, : Springer Vieweg

ISSN

2192-8843

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Internal combustion engines

Verbrandingsmotoren

Gasturbines

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico