{"product_id":"terms-of-response-robert-montgomery-9780271026541","title":"Terms of Response: Language and the Audience in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Theory","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book takes a new look at the place occupied by medieval Spanish epic within European folk and literary tradition. Thomas Montgomery traces the origins of key parts of most known medieval Spanish epics to an ancient myth. He shows how the myth of the initiation of the young warrior, shown by Georges Dumézil to be fundamental to the belief systems of widely distributed Indo-European peoples, was variously adapted to shape the action of texts including the\u003ci\u003e Siete Infantes de Lara\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eMocedades de Rodrigo\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003ePoema de Mio Cid\u003c\/i\u003e, in which it accounts for the peculiar behavior of the Infantes de Carrión. Montgomery also connects the same mythic tradition to works as diverse as \u003ci\u003eTristan\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eChanson de Roland\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a preliterate society, the oral presentation of this archetypal lore required a special language capable of re-creating the ritualized behavior of the epic characters and maintaining the ceremonial tone of the performance. Focusing on the \u003ci\u003ePoema de Mio Cid\u003c\/i\u003e, Montgomery examines the ways in which the poetic language worked to evoke a feeling of group unity that absorbed the audience and still works its spell upon today's readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Montgomery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271026545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271026541\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d","brand":"Robert Montgomery","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483443900671,"sku":"9780271026541","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_46501793-94d4-46be-8719-f5fa023ababe.jpg?v=1778038777","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/terms-of-response-robert-montgomery-9780271026541","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}