Reconstructing the Middle Ages : Gaston Paris and the development of nineteenth-century medievalism / by Isabel DiVanna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DiVanna, Isabel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medievalism--France--Paris--History--19th century.

Medievalism.

Literature, Medieval--History and criticism--Theory, etc--History--19th century.

Literature, Medieval.

Criticism--France--History--19th century.

Criticism.

France--Intellectual life--19th century.

France.

Paris, Gaston Bruno Paulin, 1839-1903.

Paris, Gaston Bruno Paulin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Reconstructing the Middle Ages looks at nineteenth-century medievalism in France using as a case study Gaston Paris, philologist, literary critic and professor of medieval studies. Gaston Paris's method, traditionally seen as a combination of romanticism and positivism, exemplifies several elements of nineteenth-century medievalism in the Parisian academia in late nineteenth-century France. The text investigates Gaston Paris's theories about three medieval literary genres (epic, fabliaux, and...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-193).

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-33427-1

9786612334276

1-4438-1169-6

OCLC:

827209225