"This book provides the reader with a new, challenging, and sophisticated critical analysis of the Song of Roland." Choice
" Haidu s] close reading of the Song of Roland is interesting, informative, and significant... " American Historical Review
"Probably the most sophisticated book ever written on the Song of Roland.... It is at once a work of linguistic analysis, of literary theory, of literary history, and, finally, of history." R. Howard Bloch
Haidu argues that the 12th-century Song of Roland played an essential role in the creation of the nation-state, in that the narrative transforms the independent and violent warriors of the feudal period into the subordinate instruments of the nation-state by enforcing on them the subjection to the rule of monarchy."
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"This book provides the reader with a new, challenging, and sophisticated critical analysis of the Song of Roland." Choice
" Haidu s] close reading of the Song of Roland is interesting, informative, and significant... " American Historical Review
"Probably the most sophisticated book ever written on the Song of Roland.... It is at once a work of linguistic analysis, of literary theory, of literary history, and, finally, of history." R. Howard Bloch
Haidu argues that the 12th-century Song of Roland played an essential role in the creation of the nation-state, in that the narrative transforms the independent and violent warriors of the feudal period into the subordinate instruments of the nation-state by enforcing on them the subjection to the rule of monarchy."
Imprint | Indiana University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | August 1993 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | August 1993 |
Authors | Peter Haidu |
Dimensions | 235 x 155 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover - Paper over boards |
Pages | 272 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-253-30548-0 |
Barcode | 9780253305480 |
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LSN | 0-253-30548-9 |