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Author Léglu, Catherine.
Title Multilingualism and mother tongue in medieval French, Occitan, and Catalan narratives / Catherine E. Léglu.
Publisher University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2010.
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Alt Access France fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJd8gD4vdtqQMdQHvYqbBP
To 1500 fast
Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast
History fast
ISBN/ISSN 9780271078632
0271078634
Phys Descr 1 online resource
Subject Romances -- History and criticism.
French literature -- To 1500 -- History and criticism.
Provençal literature -- History and criticism.
Catalan literature -- To 1500 -- History and criticism.
Multilingualism and literature -- France -- History -- To 1500.
Multilingualism -- France -- History -- To 1500.
Contents Part I. Myths of multilingualism. Babel in Girart de Roussillon; Tongues of fire in Guilhem de la Barra; Acquiring the (m)other tongue in Avignon and Toulouse -- Part II. Language politics. Translation scandals; Languages and borders in three novas; Monolingualism and endogamy: French examples -- Part III. The monolangue. The multilingual Paris and Vienne; Pierre de Provence et la Belle Maguelonne; Travels in the monolangue.
Summary "Explores the ways in which vernacular works composed in Occitan, Catalan, and French between the twelfth and the fifteenth centuries narrate multilingualism and its apparent opponent, the mother tongue. These encounters are narrated through literary motifs of love, incest, disguise, and travel"--Provided by publisher
Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-229) and index.
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Series Penn State Romance studies
Penn State Romance studies.
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