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Fictions of Identity in Medieval France

Part of Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature

Author: Donald Maddox, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Date Published: April 2006
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format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521026383

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In this study of vernacular French narrative from the twelfth century through the later Middle Ages, Donald Maddox considers the construction of identity in a wide range of fictions. He focuses on crucial encounters, widespread in medieval literature, in which characters are informed about fundamental aspects of their own circumstances and selfhood. The study offers many new perspectives on the poetic and cultural implications of identity as an imaginary construct during the long formative period of French literature.
- This book deals with the construction of identity in fiction
- The book covers a broad range of French narratives from the twelfth century through the later Middle Ages
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- Date Published: April 2006
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521026383
- length: 320 pages
- dimensions: 227 x 151 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.489kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction: identity and encounter in medieval literature
1. The specular encounter in fictions of reciprocity: the Lais of Marie de France
2. The specular encounter in Arthurian Romance
3. From encounter to specular encounter in fictions of the courtly tryst
4. The specular encounter in fictions of lineage
5. Afterword: the specular encounter in perspective
Appendix
Notes
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Index.
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Donald Maddox, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Donald Maddox, Professor of French and Italian Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is the author of The Arthurian Romances of Chretien de Troyes (1991).