[The author's] findings, which take into account recent scholarship and critical theory, are of great use for all scholars interested in the relationship between identity (name, renown, reputation) and death. PARERGONOffers...fertile ground for readers of medieval French literature, who will be challenged by this book to rethink the question of what fiction is being performed when the epitaph speaks.
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The concept of 'epitaph fictions' announced in this study's subtitle thus introduces not simply a subgenre of metafiction, it also proposes a fresh and productive way of approaching the medieval literary treatment of death.
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A lively and dazzling book, full to bursting with clever analyses, probing questions, vivid illustrations.and suggestive connections.
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