{"product_id":"creole-medievalism-colonial-france-and-joseph-bediers-middle-ages-paperback-softback-9780816665266","title":"Creole Medievalism; Colonial France and Joseph Bédier's Middle Ages (Paperback \/ softback) 9780816665266","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCreole Medievalism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eColonial France and Joseph Bédier's Middle Ages\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichelle R. Warren (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780816665266\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 January 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e416 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.594 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eJoseph BÉdier (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 \u003ci\u003eTristan and Isolde\u003c\/i\u003e as well as France's national epic, \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Roland\u003c\/i\u003e. BÉdier was publicly committed to French hegemony, yet he hailed from a culture that belied this ideal-the island of RÉunion in the southern Indian Ocean.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCreole Medievalism\u003c\/i\u003e, Michelle Warren demonstrates that BÉdier'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, BÉdier defends French sovereignty based on an ambivalent resistance to his creole culture. Warren shows that in the early twentieth century, influential intellectuals from RÉunion 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, \u003ci\u003eCreole Medievalism\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates how postcolonial France and RÉunion continue to grapple with histories too varied to meet expectations of national unity.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Joseph Bédier and the Imperial Nation\u003cbr\u003e 1. Roncevaux and Réunion\u003cbr\u003e 2. Medieval and Colonial Attractions\u003cbr\u003e 3. Between Paris and Saint-Denis\u003cbr\u003e 4. Island Philology\u003cbr\u003e 5. A Creole Epic\u003cbr\u003e 6. Postcolonial Itineraries\u003cbr\u003e Afterword: Medieval Debris\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52570072056088,"sku":"9780816665266","price":19.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/creole-medievalism-colonial-france-and-joseph-bediers-middle-ages-paperback-softback-9780816665266","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}