Fictions of Identity in Medieval France

List 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; Select bibliography; Index.

About the author

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).

Summary

In this study of vernacular French narrative from the twelfth century through the later Middle Ages, first published in 2000, Maddox considers the construction of identity in a 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.

Product details

• Authors: Donald Maddox
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.02.2013
• EAN: 9780521781053
• ISBN: 978-0-521-78105-3
• No. of pages: 318
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 669 g
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval