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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Bridges, Venetia
Titre(s) : Medieval narratives of Alexander the Great [Texte imprimé] : transnational texts in England and France / Venetia Bridges
Publication : Cambridge ; New York : D. S. Brewer, 2018
Description matérielle : xi, 306 pages ; 24 cm
Collection : Studies in medieval romance, ISSN 1479-9308 ; [20]
Lien à la collection : Studies in medieval romance
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-294) and index
"How was Alexander the Great - controversial king, conqueror, explorer, and pupil
of Aristotle, the subject of histories, romances, epic poetry, satires, and sermons
in most of the languages of Europe and the Middle East - read, written and rewritten
during the High Middle Ages? Aiming to illuminate not only the conqueror's history
but also the fast-changing and complex literary landscape that existed between 1150
and 1350, this study considers Alexander narratives in Latin, varieties of French
and English - the Alexandreis, the Roman d'Alexandre, the Roman de toute chevalerie,
and Kyng Alisaunder - to address this vast and wide-ranging question. These important
Alexander works are compared with the fortunes of other prestigious inherited tales,
such as stories of Arthur and Troy, highlighting the various forms of translatio studii
then prevalent across northern France and Britain. The book's historically appropriate
focus on Latin, French and English allows it to take a multilingual and comparative
approach to linguistic, literary and political cultures, moving away from interpretations
driven by post-medieval nationalism to set the expansive phenomenon that is Alexander
in its historical and transnational context."--Back cover
Sujet(s) : Alexandre lll (0356-0323 av. J.-C. ; roi de Macédoine) -- Dans la littérature
Roman d'Alexandre
Littérature médiévale -- Thèmes, motifs
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781843845027. - ISBN 1843845024
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45868151w
Notice n° :
FRBNF45868151
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction ; Alexander in Antiquity ; 'Sic et non' : the 'Alexandreis' and the
'Ylias' ; Anxious romance : the 'Roman d'Alexandre', the 'Roman de Troie', and 'Cligès'
; Insular Alexander? : The 'Roman de toute chevalerie' and the 'Roman de Horn' ;
English and international? : 'Kyng Alisaunder', 'Of Arthour and of Merlin', and 'The
seege or batayle of Troie' ; Conclusion. ; Appendix 1: Chronology ; Appendix 2:
Narrative summaries.
