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"This book provides the reader with a new, challenging, and sophisticated critical analysis of the Song of Roland." —Choice

"[Haidu's] close reading of the Song of Roland is interesting, informative, and significant . . . " —American Historical Review

"Probably the most sophisticated book ever written on the Song of Roland. . . . It is at once a work of linguistic analysis, of literary theory, of literary history, and, finally, of history." —R. Howard Bloch

Haidu argues that the 12th-century Song of Roland played an essential role in the creation of the nation-state, in that the narrative transforms the independent and violent warriors of the feudal period into the subordinate instruments of the nation-state by enforcing on them the subjection to the rule of monarchy.

The Subject of Violence: The Song of Roland and the Birth of the State

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"This book provides the reader with a new, challenging, and sophisticated critical analysis of the Song of Roland." —Choice"[Haidu's] close... Read more

    Publisher: Indiana University Press
    Publication Date: 22/08/1993
    ISBN13: 9780253305480, 978-0253305480
    ISBN10: 0253305489

    Number of Pages: 272

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

    Description

    "This book provides the reader with a new, challenging, and sophisticated critical analysis of the Song of Roland." —Choice

    "[Haidu's] close reading of the Song of Roland is interesting, informative, and significant . . . " —American Historical Review

    "Probably the most sophisticated book ever written on the Song of Roland. . . . It is at once a work of linguistic analysis, of literary theory, of literary history, and, finally, of history." —R. Howard Bloch

    Haidu argues that the 12th-century Song of Roland played an essential role in the creation of the nation-state, in that the narrative transforms the independent and violent warriors of the feudal period into the subordinate instruments of the nation-state by enforcing on them the subjection to the rule of monarchy.

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