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The Occitan literary tradition of the later Middle Ages is a marginal and hybrid phenomenon, caught between the preeminence of French courtly romance and the emergence of Catalan literary prose. This book brings together prose and verse texts that are composed in Occitan, French, and Catalan - sometimes in a mixture of two of these languages.

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“Occitan specialist Catherine Léglu has hit her stride with this original and timely study. Nuanced analysis, theoretically informed argument, and bold readings of narrative images combine to restore the marginal and the hybrid to the center of Romance studies in this fascinating journey through the crisscrossing pathways of late medieval Romance vernacularity.”

—Sarah Kay,Princeton University



Table of Contents

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1: Myths of Multilingualism

1. Babel in Girart de Roussillon

2. Tongues of Fire in Guilhem de la Barra

3. Acquiring the (M)other Tongue in Avignon and Toulouse

Part 2: Language Politics

4. Translation Scandals

5. Languages and Borders in Three Novas

6. Monolingualism and Endogamy: French Examples

Part 3: The Monolangue

7. The Multilingual Paris and Vienne

8. Pierre de Provence et La Belle Maguelonne

9. Travels in the Monolangue

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Multilingualism and Mother Tongue in Medieval

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      Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/05/2010
      ISBN13: 9780271036731, 978-0271036731
      ISBN10: 0271036737

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Occitan literary tradition of the later Middle Ages is a marginal and hybrid phenomenon, caught between the preeminence of French courtly romance and the emergence of Catalan literary prose. This book brings together prose and verse texts that are composed in Occitan, French, and Catalan - sometimes in a mixture of two of these languages.

      Trade Review

      “Occitan specialist Catherine Léglu has hit her stride with this original and timely study. Nuanced analysis, theoretically informed argument, and bold readings of narrative images combine to restore the marginal and the hybrid to the center of Romance studies in this fascinating journey through the crisscrossing pathways of late medieval Romance vernacularity.”

      —Sarah Kay,Princeton University



      Table of Contents

      Contents

      List of Illustrations

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction

      Part 1: Myths of Multilingualism

      1. Babel in Girart de Roussillon

      2. Tongues of Fire in Guilhem de la Barra

      3. Acquiring the (M)other Tongue in Avignon and Toulouse

      Part 2: Language Politics

      4. Translation Scandals

      5. Languages and Borders in Three Novas

      6. Monolingualism and Endogamy: French Examples

      Part 3: The Monolangue

      7. The Multilingual Paris and Vienne

      8. Pierre de Provence et La Belle Maguelonne

      9. Travels in the Monolangue

      Notes

      Bibliography

      Index

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