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- Title
Comic interludes in French Renaissance prose romance: Aldéno's amours in Gerard d'Euphrate (1549).
- Authors
Cooper, Richard
- Abstract
The article examines the impact of mock epic, with its comic treatment of the medieval legacy of prose romance, on the wave of romances of chivalry published in France from 1540 onwards. Particlar focus is given to "Gerard d'Euphrate," the first book of a planned series recounting the deeds of the Duke of Burgundy and his rebellion against Charlemagne. The elements of irony and comedy have been introduced by the author through the presence of various medieval literary strands. The romance also features burlesque mythological illusions.
- Subjects
FRANCE; MOCK-heroic literature; PROSE literature; ROMANCE language literature; GERARD d'Euphrate (Book)
- Publication
Faux Titre, 2009, Vol 331, p81
- ISSN
0167-9392
- Publication type
Article