Orality and Performance in Early French Romance

by Evelyn Birge Vitz

Discussion of the importance of oral and performance traditions in the history of early Frence romance.

This book proposes a fundamental revision of the history of early French romance, arguing that oral and performed traditions were far more important in the development of romance than scholars have recognised. It begins by dealingwith issues of orality and literacy, and argues that the form in which romances were composed was not the invention...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859915387
• ISBN13: 9780859915380
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.3" x 6.0"