Reading myth
Subtitle: classical mythology and its interpretations in medieval French literature
By: Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski.
Series: Figurae; Figurae (Stanford, Calif.)
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: French literature -- To 1500 -- History and criticism.; French literature -- Classical influences.; Mythology, Classical, in literature.
Description: This book explores the appropriation and transformation of classical mythology by French culture from the mid-twelfth century to about 1430. Each of the five chapters focuses on a specific moment in this process and asks: What were the purposes of transforming classical myth? Which techniques did poets use to integrate classical subject matter into their own texts? Was a special interpretive tradition created for vernacular texts?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-305) and index.