TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cook,Robert F.
TI  - The Sense of the Song of Roland
SN  - 9781501745683
U1  - 841/.1 
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - Ithaca, NY : 
PB  - Cornell University Press, 
KW  - Epic poetry, French
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Roland (Legendary character)
KW  - Romances
KW  - Roncesvalles, Battle of, Spain, 778, in literature
KW  - Art History
KW  - Musical Arts & Ethnomusicology
KW  - MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Preliminary Note --; PART ONE. Commentary on the Narrative --; Before Roncevaux (laisses 1–68) --; The Battle of Roncevaux (laisses 69–188) --; The Victory over Baligant (laisses 189–269) --; The Trial of Ganelon (laisses 270–91) --; PART TWO. The Sense of the Song of Roland --; 1. Rereading the Song of Roland --; 2. Démesure and Choice --; 3. The Characters: Words and Deeds --; 4. Coherence and Ideology --; 5. The Feudal-Christian Setting --; 6. The Feudal-Christian Ethos --; 7. The Aesthetics of Heroism --; 8. Roland's Simple Heroism --; Works Cited --; Index; restricted access
N2  - This book offers a detailed interpretation of the Song of Roland, one of the best-known texts in all heroic literature. It also includes a commentary that treats the poem's place in the eleventh (or early twelfth) century, its importance to the society that produced it, and the ways in which it is read today
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501745683
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501745683
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501745683/original
ER  -