Drawing on a range of approaches in cultural, gender and literary
studies, this book presents Chretien de Troyes's Erec et Enide as a
daring and playful exploration of scandal, terror and anxiety in
court cultures. Through an interdisciplinary reading, it locates
Erec et Enide, the first surviving Arthurian romance in French, in
various contexts, from broad cultural and historical questionings
such as medieval vernacular 'modernity's' engagement with the
weight of its classical inheritance, to the culturally fecund and
politically turbulent histories of the families of Eleanor of
Aquitaine and Henry II Plantagenet. Where previous accounts of the
tale have not uncommonly presented Chretien's poem as a decorous
'resolution' of tensions between dynastic marriage and fin'amors,
between personal desire and social duty, this reading sees these
forces as in permanent and irresolvable tension, the poem's key
scenes haunted - whether mischievously or traumatically - by
questions and skeletons from various closets.
General
| Imprint: |
Verlag Peter Lang
|
| Country of origin: |
Switzerland |
| Series: |
Medieval and Early Modern French Studies, 5 |
| Release date: |
December 2007 |
| Authors: |
James R. Simpson
|
| Dimensions: |
150 x 220 x 33mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
520 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-3-03-911385-9 |
| Categories: |
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Humanities >
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| LSN: |
3-03-911385-2 |
| Barcode: |
9783039113859 |
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