The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory
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French romance, German epic, Provençal lyric and Icelandic saga share the stage in George Saintsbury's survey of European writing in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory considers how these traditions developed at the same time, exchanged forms and ideas, and retained their own character. French models receive particular attention, alongside emerging English literature and the Spanish Poem of the Cid.
Saintsbury moves between Arthurian stories, the Nibelungenlied and Kudrun, the Minnesingers, and questions of verse rhythm. His Arthurian chapter draws on twenty years of study, while his discussion of prosody challenges rigid approaches to scansion and examines Early Middle English rhythms. Readers interested in medieval literary history will find comparisons across languages and genres, with close attention to the balance between shared influences and local invention.
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- Author
- George Saintsbury
- Reading time
- About 8 hours
- Pages
- 239
- Language
- English
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- Literature
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