Creole Medievalism: Colonial France and Joseph Bédier's Middle Ages

by Michelle R. Warren

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816665265
• ISBN13: 9780816665266
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.3"