The Medieval French AlexanderDonald Maddox, Sara Sturm-Maddox State University of New York Press, 01.02.2012 - 305 Seiten Alexander the Great was one of the legendary Nine Worthies in the medieval canon of ancient and modern heroes, and medieval writers exploited his legend in a wide variety of literary and didactic texts. Addressing the classical legacy to the Middle Ages as expressed in four centuries of vernacular narratives, this volume offers the first systematic collective study of Alexander the Great's thematic prominence in medieval culture. Contributors from Britain, France, the Netherlands, and the United States combine sensitive textual analyses with perspectives from such diverse fields as art history, codicology, anthropology, sociology, the history of mentalities, and postcolonial theory. Overall, the collection offers a provocative rethinking of the monumental medieval French tradition of Alexander the Great, as well as valuable insight into the emergence and transformations of French literature between the early twelfth century and the end of the Middle Ages. |
Inhalt
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Chronology | 17 |
A Pagan Model of Spiritual Struggle by Michel Zink | 21 |
2 The Raid on Gaza in Alexandre de Pariss Romance by Emmanuèle Baumgartner | 29 |
3 Alexanders Clergie by Douglas Kelly | 39 |
4 Alexander and Aristotle in the French Alexander Romances by Catherine GaullierBougassas | 57 |
5 Alexanders Gabs by François Suard | 75 |
Vasselage and Courtesy in the Roman dAlexandre by Rupert T Pickens | 89 |
10 Alexander and Caesar in the Faits des Romains by Catherine CroizyNaquet | 161 |
The Utilitas of the Ideal Prince by Martin Gosman | 175 |
12 Ekphrasis and Memory in the FourteenthCentury Parfait du Paon by Renate BlumenfeldKosinski | 193 |
Perceforest and the Alexandrian Tradition by Michelle Szkilnik | 203 |
Rethinking Alexander in the Roman de Perceforest by Jane H M Taylor | 219 |
The Marvels of India by Laurence HarfLancner | 235 |
Alexander and the New Codicology by Keith Busby | 259 |
List of Contributors | 275 |
Counsel for Kings in the Roman dAlexandre by William W Kibler | 111 |
Largesse Avarice and the Problem of Feudalism in Alexanders Testament by Stephen D White | 127 |
Modes of Possession in the Roman dAlexandre by Michelle R Warren | 143 |
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Alexander romances Alexander’s Alexandre de Paris Amazons Aristotle Aristotle’s Arthur’s Arthurian Athis bien aprandre Branch Caesar Candace chambre chanson de geste chevalerie chivalric Chrétien Chrétien de Troyes clergie clerics Cligés codicological conquer conqueror conquest cortois cortoisie court courtly cynocephales Darius Darius’s death decasyllabic dire et bien ekphrasis epic episode Faits des Romains feudal fief-giving fiefs Frontières Fuerre de Gadres Gadifer Gaullier-Bougassas gifts gives Gosman Greek hero hero’s Historia de Preliis honor illustration Jean king king’s knights laisses land largesse Latin legend literary lord Macedonian manuscripts Marco Polo marvels medieval French Medieval French Literature médiévale MFRA Moyen narrative narrator Nectanabus noble Orient pagan Parfait Paris’s Perceforest Philip poem political Porus prologue Prophilias prose Alexandre prowess Pseudo-Callisthenes Ptolemy qu’il Roman d’Alexandre ruler siècle thirteenth century tradition trans translation twelfth twelfth-century University Press vasselage Voeux du Paon Vulgate Wauquelin