Simpson, J. (1996) The gifts of the Roland: the old French Gui de Bourgogne. In: Pratt, K. (ed.) Roland and Charlemagne in Europe: Essays on the Reception and Transformation of a Legend. Series: King's College London medieval studies (12). King's College London Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies: London, pp. 31-65. ISBN 9780952211945
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Abstract
This piece explores the dialectical relation between the Old French epic, Gui de Bourgogne, and one of its key models, the Roland tradition. The tension between the two works is thematicised in the rivalry between the two generations of heroes: that of Roland and Olivier on the one hand and then a younger cohort of French warriors, led by Gui, who have grown up in the absence of their fathers. The essay examines how personal, social and economic interactions in the poem reflect an ambivalence partly reflective of a crippling sense of literary and historical debt to the giants of the epic tradition.
Item Type: | Book Sections (Other) |
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Status: | Published |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Simpson, Dr James |
Authors: | Simpson, J. |
Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PC Romance languages |
College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > French |
Publisher: | King's College London Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies |
ISBN: | 9780952211945 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 1996 King's College London Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced with the permission of the publisher. |
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