Creole Medievalism: Colonial France And Joseph B?Dier's Middle Ages

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Creole Medievalism: Colonial France And Joseph B?Dier's Middle AgesISBN13:9780816665266ISBN10:0816665265Author:Warren, Michelle R. (Author)Description:Joseph B Dier (1864-1938) Was One Of The Most Famous Scholars Of His Day He Held Prestigious Posts And Lectured Throughout Europe And The United States, An Activity Unusual For An Academic Of His Time A Scholar Of The French Middle Ages, He Translated Tristan And Isolde As Well As France's National Epic, The Song Of Roland B Dier Was Publicly Committed To French Hegemony, Yet He Hailed From A Culture That Belied This Ideal-The Island Of R Union In The Southern Indian Ocean In Creole Medievalism, Michelle Warren Demonstrates That B Dier's Relationship To This Multicultural And Economically Peripheral Colony Motivates His Nationalism In Complex Ways Simultaneously Proud Of His French Heritage And Nostalgic For The Island, B Dier Defends French Sovereignty Based On An Ambivalent Resistance To His Creole Culture Warren Shows That In The Early Twentieth Century, Influential Intellectuals From R Union Helped Define The New Genre Of The Colonial Novel, Adopting A Pro-Colonial Spirit That Shaped Both Medieval And Francophone Studies Probing The Work Of A Once Famous But Little Understood Cultural Figure, Creole Medievalism Illustrates How Postcolonial France And R Union Continue To Grapple With Histories Too Varied To Meet Expectations Of National Unity Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:UNIV OF MINNESOTA PRPublication Date:2011-01-10Weight:1.01 lbsDimensions:1'' H x 8.3'' L x 5.4'' WNumber of Pages:379Language:English

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