{"product_id":"creole-medievalism-michelle-r-warren-9780816665266","title":"Creole Medievalism: Colonial France and Joseph B馘ier's Middle Ages","description":"Joseph B馘ier (1864-1938) was one of the most famous scholars of his day. He held prestigious posts and lectured throughout Europe and the United States, an activity unusual for an academic of his time. A scholar of the French Middle Ages, he translated \u003ci\u003eTristan and Isolde\u003c\/i\u003e as well as France's national epic, \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Roland\u003c\/i\u003e. B馘ier was publicly committed to French hegemony, yet he hailed from a culture that belied this ideal-the island of R騏nion in the southern Indian Ocean.\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCreole Medievalism\u003c\/i\u003e, Michelle Warren demonstrates that B馘ier's relationship to this multicultural and economically peripheral colony motivates his nationalism in complex ways. Simultaneously proud of his French heritage and nostalgic for the island, B馘ier defends French sovereignty based on an ambivalent resistance to his creole culture. Warren shows that in the early twentieth century, influential intellectuals from R騏nion helped define the new genre of the \"colonial novel,\" adopting a pro-colonial spirit that shaped both medieval and Francophone studies. Probing the work of a once famous but little understood cultural figure, \u003ci\u003eCreole Medievalism\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates how postcolonial France and R騏nion continue to grapple with histories too varied to meet expectations of national unity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michelle R. Warren\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816665265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816665266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2011 pg. 254","brand":"Michelle R. Warren","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44311047045375,"sku":"9780816665266","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_88aba8d8-78bc-4a7f-914a-a7829fb81908.jpg?v=1695720799","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/creole-medievalism-michelle-r-warren-9780816665266","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}