{"product_id":"strange-words-margaret-jewett-burland-9780268022037","title":"Strange Words: Retelling and Reception in the Medieval Roland Textual Tradition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrange Words\u003c\/i\u003e offers separate but interrelated close readings of four medieval Roland texts in French and Occitan, paying particular attention to scenes in which the speeches of various characters perform or mirror narrative functions. In this clearly written and accessible book, Margaret Jewett Burland focuses on discourse and narrative within the fictional universe to argue persuasively that medieval authors and audiences understood the battle of Roncevaux and its aftermath as an appropriate story in which to incorporate implicit commentaries about contemporary issues. It allows readers to interpret the well-known Oxford version, \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Roland\u003c\/i\u003e, within the expanded context of its larger medieval textual tradition. The similarities and differences among the four versions Burland analyzes help modern readers to better appreciate which aspects of a given Roland text are most innovative and thus most suggestive of its particular political, social, or literary agenda.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eStrange Words\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book in fifty years to compare multiple medieval Roland texts, and the first to do so in English. It will be welcomed by students and scholars of French and medieval studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret Jewett Burland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0268022038\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268022037\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/29\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 7.26w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2008 pg. 250","brand":"Margaret Jewett Burland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48013710524671,"sku":"9780268022037","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a7998f2e-f83e-4060-afbe-36950c1b2cfa.jpg?v=1767744287","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/strange-words-margaret-jewett-burland-9780268022037","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}