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The French Tradition and the Literature of Medieval England

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Description for The French Tradition and the Literature of Medieval England paperback. Calin develops a synthesis of medieval French and English literature that will be especially useful for classroom study. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 604 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 890.

The French presence in English literary history in the centuries following the Conquest has to some extent been glossed over or treated as an interlude. During this period, roughly 1100-1420, French, like Latin, was the language of the educated; in the courts of England, and for nobles, clerics, and the rising commercial elements, communication was multilingual.

In his ground-breaking study, William Calin explores indepth this era of medieval English literature and culture in relation to its distinctly French influences and contemporaries. He examines the Anglo-Norman contribution to medieval literature, concentrating on romance and hagiography; the great continental French texts, such ... Read more

This book is grounded in French sources both well-known and relatively obscure. Translations of the Old French make The French Tradition and the Literature of Medieval England accessible to scholars and students of Medieval English, comparatists, and historians, as well as those proficient in French. Calin develops a synthesis of medieval French and English literature that will be especially useful for classroom study.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Number of pages
604
Condition
New
Series
University of Toronto Romance Series
Number of Pages
604
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9780802072023
SKU
V9780802072023
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About William Calin
William Calin is a graduate research professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Florida.

Reviews for The French Tradition and the Literature of Medieval England
'From Anglo-Norman to continental French and back into English, Calin's journey follows the development of a linguistic and cultural "continuum," as he rightly insists it is. Along the way he even-handedly disposes of some familiar critical mythologies – those of "Whig literary history," and those created by Old French scholars under the spell of Romantic nationalism – in order to ... Read more

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