This groundbreaking work offers a literary analysis of a significant and influential text, marking the first comprehensive examination in English. It delves into the text's themes, narrative techniques, and its impact on literature, providing readers with a deeper understanding of its importance in the literary canon. The book is essential for scholars and enthusiasts seeking to explore the nuances and implications of this pivotal work.
Simon Gaunt Bücher
Simon Gaunt ist ein angesehener Gelehrter, dessen Werk sich mit den Feinheiten der mittelalterlichen französischen Literatur und Kultur beschäftigt. Seine Forschung beleuchtet die komplexen sozialen und emotionalen Landschaften der Zeit und untersucht Themen wie Liebe, Identität und die Macht der Erzählung. Gaunts kritischer Ansatz zeichnet sich durch seine sorgfältige Textanalyse und sein tiefgründiges Verständnis des historischen Kontexts aus und bietet den Lesern eine tiefgreifende Wertschätzung für die Literatur des Mittelalters.
Gender and Genre in Medieval French Literature
- 382 Seiten
- 14 Lesestunden
This study analyzes the interplay of ideology and gender in Old French and Occitan literature across five genres, including chansons de geste and courtly romance. Simon Gaunt offers fresh interpretations of both famous and lesser-known texts, using contemporary feminist theory to explore constructions of masculinity and femininity in medieval literature.
Marco Polo's Le Devisement du Monde
- 212 Seiten
- 8 Lesestunden
The first book in English to examine one of the most important and influential texts from a literary perspective.
The Troubadours
An Introduction
This book offers a general introduction to the world of the troubadours. Its sixteen chapters, newly commissioned from leading scholars in Britain, the United States, France, Italy and Spain, trace the development of troubadour song (including music), engage with the main trends in troubadour scholarship, and examine the reception of troubadour poetry in manuscripts and in Northern French romance. A series of appendices offer an invaluable guide to more than fifty troubadours, to technical vocabulary, to research tools and to surviving manuscripts.