The Poetics of Speech in the Medieval Spanish Epic Contributor(s): Bailey, Matthew (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442641568 ISBN-13: 9781442641563 Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Binding Type: Hardcover Published: June 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry |
Dewey: 861.032 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9.1" L (0.85 lbs) 200 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: Choice 01/01/2011 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Poetics of Speech in the Medieval Spanish Epic explores the composition of manuscript texts in thirteenth-century Spain. Of the vernacular epic poems originating with the minstrels of this era, only three full-length works remain: Cantar de Mio Cid, Poema de Fern n Gonz lez, and Mocedades de Rodrigo, all preserved and recorded by members of the clergy. By analyzing expressive traits found in these three poems, Matthew Bailey links them to the cognitive processes that take place in the minds of speakers as narration unfolds. In Latin and other vernacular texts from the same period, authors identify their sources as oral, describe oral compositional techniques, and detail modes of processing texts in medieval monastic environments. Using the information provided by these details, as well as a close technical reading of the three epic poems, Bailey incorporates the methodologies and concepts of discourse analysis in an examination of expression in the Spanish epic and points convincingly to oral composition as the initial step in text creation for the period. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bailey, Matthew: - Matthew Bailey is a professor in the Department of Romance Languages at Washington and Lee University. |
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