"Chansons de geste"("songs of deeds") stimulated literary activity in medieval Europe. The German saga now known as the "Nibelungenlied"lives on in Richard Wagner's lavish opera series, "The Ring of the Nibelung" ("Der Ring des Nibelungen"). The Anglo Saxon narrative "...
Reception and Memory: A Cognitive Approach to the 'Chansons de geste' (review) In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: html_title /html_title Reviewed by Luke Sunderland Reception and Memory: A Cognit... L Sunderland - 《French Studies A Quarterly Review》 被引量...
The poem may have been composed as early as around 700 C.E. and evolved through many retellings before it was finally written down. Regardless, whoever the original author may have been is lost to history. "Beowulf" contains manypaganand folkloric elements, but there are undeniable Christian ...