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Reconstructing the Middle Ages : Gaston Paris and the development of nineteenth-century Medievalism / Isabel DiVanna

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DiVanna, Isabel
Published
Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2008.
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1 online resource (xvi, 193 pages)
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Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY
Summary
Reconstructing the Middle Ages looks at nineteenth-century medievalism in France using as a case study Gaston Paris, philologist, literary critic and professor of medieval studies. Gaston Paris's method, traditionally seen as a combination of romanticism and positivism, exemplifies several elements of nineteenth-century medievalism in the Parisian academia in late nineteenth-century France. The text investigates Gaston Paris's theories about three medieval literary genres (epic, fabliaux, and ...
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9781443800648 (hbk.)
1443800643 (hbk.)
9781443811699 (electronic bk.)
1443811696 (electronic bk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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