The Noble Merchant Problems of Genre and Lineage in Hervis de Mes / by Catherine M. Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Catherine M. (Catherine Mary), 1956-

Series:

North Carolina studies in the Romance languages and literatures ; Number 241.

North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures ; Number 241

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hervis de Metz (Chanson de geste).

Literary form--History--To 1500.

Literary form.

Businessmen in literature.

Chansons de geste--History and criticism.

Chansons de geste.

Epic poetry, French--History and criticism.

Epic poetry, French.

Hervis de Metz (Legendary character)--Romances--History and criticism.

Hervis de Metz (Legendary character).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : U.N.C. Dept. of Romance Languages, 1993.

Summary:

Jones argues that the Old French epic Hervis de Mes offers valuable insight into the expansion and diversification of a prominent medieval genre.In the early thirteenth century, the chanson de geste was diversified by assimilating plots, compositional modes, and narrative strategies that had previously been the domain of romance, and yet was.

Contents:

Cover

THE NOBLE MERCHANT: PROBLEMS OF GENRE AND LINEAGE IN HERVIS DE MES

Title

Copyright

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Dedication

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE: LA TRESSE

Chapter 1: The Narrative Repertory

Chapter 2: Narrative Structure and the Poetics of Lineage

PART TWO: LA CHANSON

Chapter 1: Laisse Structure and Formulaic Style

Chapter 2: Narration and Performance

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B

APPENDIX C

WORKS CONSULTED

INDEX

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-181) and index.

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ISBN:

1-4696-4265-4

OCLC:

1080549812