Creole medievalism [[electronic resource] ] : colonial France and Joseph Bédier's Middle Ages / / Michelle R. Warren

• Autore: Warren Michelle R. <1967->
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (414 p.)
• Disciplina: 840.9
• Soggetto topico: Medievalism - Réunion; National characteristics, French
• Soggetto geografico: Réunion History; Réunion In literature; France Colonies Africa; Réunion Relations France; France Relations Réunion
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Creole medievalism
• ISBN: 1-4529-4649-3; 0-8166-7541-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791560003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II