Romancing the past : the rise of vernacular prose historiography in thirteenth-century France / / Gabrielle M. Spiegel

• Autore: Spiegel Gabrielle M.
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [1993]; ©1993
• Edizione: Reprint 2019
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 422 p. ) : ill.
• Disciplina: 848.10809
• Soggetto topico: French prose literature - Roman influences; French prose literature - To 1500 - History and criticism; Historiography - France; Romances - History and criticism
• Soggetto geografico: France History Medieval period, 987-1515 Historiography; France History To 987 Historiography
• Note generali: "A Centennial book."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Historical Setting -- 2. Pseudo-Turpin and the Problem of Prose -- 3. Past Politics and the Politics of the Past: Ancient History I -- 4. The Question of the Heroic in Translations of Lucan's Pharsalia: Ancient History II -- 5. Contemporary Chronicles: The Contest over the Past -- 6. Royal History: Disengagement and Reconciliation -- Epilogue -- APPENDIX. The Continuation of Aimoin and the Sources of the Anonymous of Chantilly/Vatican -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In a poststructuralist study of thirteenth-century French historical texts, Gabrielle Spiegel investigates the reasons for the rise of French vernacular prose historiography at this particular time. She argues that the vernacular prose histories that have until now been regarded as royalist were actually products of the aristocracy, reflecting its anxiety as it faced social and economic change and political threats from the monarchy.
• Titolo autorizzato: Romancing the past
• ISBN: 0-520-91556-9; 0-585-23119-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910495874103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics Series