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French Romance, Medieval Sweden and the Europeanisation of Culture (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,181
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French Romance, Medieval Sweden and the Europeanisation of Culture (Hardcover): Sofia Loden

French Romance, Medieval Sweden and the Europeanisation of Culture (Hardcover)

Sofia Loden

Series: Studies in Old Norse Literature

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The adaptation of French texts into medieval Swedish reveals the progress of a Europe-wide literary culture. Translations of French romances into other vernaculars in the Middle Ages have sometimes been viewed as "less important" versions of prestigious sources, rather than in their place as part of a broader range of complex and wider European text traditions. This consideration of how French romance was translated, rewritten and interpreted in medieval Sweden focuses on the wider context. It examines four major texts which appear in both languages: Le Chevalier au lion and its Swedish translation Herr Ivan; Le Conte de Floire et Blancheflor and Flores och Blanzeflor; Valentin et Sansnom (the original French text has been lost, but the tale has survivedin the prose version Valentin et Orson) and the Swedish text Namnloes och Valentin; and Paris et Vienne and the fragmentary Swedish version Riddar Paris och jungfru Vienna. Each is analysed through the lens of different themes: female characters, children, animals and masculinity. The author argues that French romance made a major contribution to the Europeanisation of medieval culture, whilst also playing a key role in the formation of a national literature in Sweden.

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Imprint: D.S. Brewer
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Studies in Old Norse Literature
Release date: February 2021
First published: 2021
Authors: Sofia Loden
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 978-1-84384-582-9
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval
LSN: 1-84384-582-2
Barcode: 9781843845829

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