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Anonymous Marie De France
by Bloch, R. Howard
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- Comments: [LITERATURE]. Bloch, R. Howard. "The Anonymous Marie de France." Chicago, IL, and London, UK: The University of Chicago Press, 2003. English. Hardcover in jacket. Brown boards with gilt lettering on spine and scarlet endpapers. 9.25 x 6.25 x 1 in. 24 x 16 x 3 cm. 8 oz. Minor crinkling on bottom of back dust jacket. Text clean. Fine in Near Fine jacket. ISBN: 9780226059686."This book by one of our most admired and influential medievalists offers a fundamental reconception of the person generally assumed to b
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- ISBN-13: 9780226059686
- ISBN: 0226059685
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
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The paucity of biographical information about the 12th century poet, Marie de France, have led most critics to portray her as a simple, naive & modest Christian figure. Bloch challenges this view, arguing that Marie disrupted prevailing cultural values & founded new ones. He calls her the Joyce of her time.Bloch, R. Howard is the author of 'Anonymous Marie De France' with ISBN 9780226059686 and ISBN 0226059685.
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