The Medieval French Alexander
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The Medieval French Alexander

  1. 305 pages
  2. English
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The Medieval French Alexander

About this book

Explores the significance of Alexander the Great in French medieval literature and culture.

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.

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Table of contents

  1. The Medieval French Alexander
  2. Contents
  3. List of Illustrations
  4. List of Abbreviations
  5. Introduction: Alexander the Great in the French Middle Ages by Donald Maddox and Sara Sturm-Maddox
  6. Chronology
  7. 1. The Prologue to the Historia de Preliis: A Pagan Model of Spiritual Struggle by Michel Zink
  8. 2. The Raid on Gaza in Alexandre de Paris’s Romance by Emmanuèle Baumgartner
  9. 3. Alexander’s Clergie by Douglas Kelly
  10. 4. Alexander and Aristotle in the French Alexander Romances by Catherine Gaullier-Bougassas
  11. 5. Alexander’s Gabs by François Suard
  12. 6. “Mout est proz e vassaus”/“Mout es corteis”: Vasselage and Courtesy in the Roman d’Alexandre by Rupert T. Pickens
  13. 7. “A paine a on bon arbre de malvaise raïs”: Counsel for Kings in the Roman d’Alexandre by William W. Kibler
  14. 8. Giving Fiefs and Honor: Largesse, Avarice, and the Problem of “Feudalism” in Alexander’s Testament by Stephen D. White
  15. 9. Take the World by Prose: Modes of Possession in the Roman d’Alexandre by Michelle R. Warren
  16. 10. Alexander and Caesar in the Faits des Romains by Catherine Croizy-Naquet
  17. 11. Alexander the Great as the Icon of Perfection in the Epigones of the Roman d’Alexandre (1250–1450): The Utilitas of the Ideal Prince by Martin Gosman
  18. 12. Ekphrasis and Memory in the Fourteenth-Century Parfait du Paon by Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski
  19. 13. Conquering Alexander: Perceforest and the Alexandrian Tradition by Michelle Szkilnik
  20. 14. Alexander Amoroso: Rethinking Alexander in the Roman de Perceforest by Jane H. M. Taylor
  21. 15. From Alexander to Marco Polo, from Text to Image: The Marvels of India by Laurence Harf-Lancner
  22. 16. “Codices manuscriptos nudos tenemus”: Alexander and the New Codicology by Keith Busby
  23. List of Contributors
  24. Index