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Heroes and Saracens:

an interpretation of the chansons de geste
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Edinburgh University Press, 1984 - Literary Criticism - 349 pages

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Read bits and pieces. Not in love with any of it. Daniel has an impressive number of hypotheses, but little actual research to back them up. Read full review

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Contents

Part One The People
23
Part Two The Gods
121
PartThree
241

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TitleHeroes and Saracens: an interpretation of the chansons de geste
AuthorNorman Daniel
PublisherEdinburgh University Press, 1984
Original fromIndiana University
Digitized12 Jun 2009
Length349 pages
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Literary Criticism / European / French
Literary Criticism / General
Poetry / European / General
  
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