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Author Léglu, Catherine.

Title Multilingualism and mother tongue in medieval French, Occitan, and Catalan narratives / Catherine E. Léglu.

Imprint University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2010.
Description 1 online resource
Series Penn State Romance studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-229) and index.
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
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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.
Related To Print version: 9780271036724 0271036729
Subjects 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.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Add Title Penn State Romance studies
ISBN 9780271078632 (electronic bk.)
0271078634 (electronic bk.)
9780271036724
0271036729
9780271036731
0271036737
OCLC # eMOe972974803
eMOe973085057 eMOe1080549111 eMOe1154850590 eMOe1158223217 eMOe1162249104 eMOe1195471875