02843nam 2200661 a 450 991045845020332120200520144314.01-4529-4649-30-8166-7541-4(CKB)2560000000055386(EBL)650406(OCoLC)704272815(SSID)ssj0000468109(PQKBManifestationID)11312691(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000468109(PQKBWorkID)10498114(PQKB)10603422(StDuBDS)EDZ0001177386(MiAaPQ)EBC650406(MdBmJHUP)muse29838(Au-PeEL)EBL650406(CaPaEBR)ebr10443382(CaONFJC)MIL525701(EXLCZ)99256000000005538620090902d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCreole medievalism[electronic resource] colonial France and Joseph Bédier's Middle Ages /Michelle R. WarrenMinneapolis University of Minnesota Press20111 online resource (414 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-6526-5 0-8166-6525-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Joseph Bédier and the imperial nation -- Roncevaux and Réunion -- Medieval and colonial attractions -- Between Paris and Saint-Denis -- Island philology -- A creole epic -- Postcolonial itineraries -- Afterword: medieval debris.Joseph Bédier (1864-1938) was one of the most famous scholars of his day. He held prestigious posts and lectured throughout Europe and the United States, an activity unusual for an academic of his time. A scholar of the French Middle Ages, he translated Tristan and Isolde as well as France's national epic, The Song of Roland. Bédier was publicly committed to French hegemony, yet he hailed from a culture that belied this ideal-the island of Réunion in the southern Indian Ocean. In Creole Medievalism, Michelle Warren demonstrates that Bédier's relationship to this multicultural and economically MedievalismRéunionNational characteristics, FrenchRéunionHistoryRéunionIn literatureFranceColoniesAfricaRéunionRelationsFranceFranceRelationsRéunionElectronic books.MedievalismNational characteristics, French.840.9Warren Michelle R.1967-1047861MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458450203321Creole medievalism2475752UNINA