La Chanson de geste à l’époque du roman

Book cover: La Chanson de geste à l’époque du roman

Extent: 323 pages

Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Series: Recherches litteraires medievales

Language: English, French

Paperback (Forthcoming)

(November 2026)

ISBN: 9782406207290

6.18 x 9.49 inches

Price: $48.00

Hardback (Forthcoming)

(November 2026)

ISBN: 9782406207306

6.18 x 9.49 inches

Price: $132.00

Rejecting the “evolutionary” model that sees the novel as the culmination of the chanson de geste, this book shows the simultaneity of these two genres in medieval culture: each genre sheds light on the political unconscious of the other, that is, the political contradictions that the text seeks to mask.