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Ambivalent Conventions : (Record no. 16990)

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007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789004648395
Qualifying information (electronic book)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Canceled/invalid ISBN 9789051838725
Qualifying information (print)
024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code 10.1163/9789004648395
Source of number or code DOI
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)605296620
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency NL-LeKB
Transcribing agency NL-LeKB
Description conventions rda
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number PQ188
072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code CFF
Source bicssc
072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code LAN
Subject category code subdivision 009000
Source bisacsh
072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code LAN
Subject category code subdivision 024000
Source bisacsh
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 842.9
Edition information 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Cobby, Anne Elizabeth,
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Ambivalent Conventions :
Remainder of title Formula and Parody in Old French /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Anne Elizabeth Cobby.
246 3# - VARYING FORM OF TITLE
Title proper/short title Formula and Parody in Old French
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Leiden ;
-- Boston :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Brill,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 1995.
264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice ©1995
300 ## - online resource
Extent 1 online resource (192 pages) :
Other physical details illustrations.
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE
Content type term text
Content type code txt
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337 ## - MEDIA TYPE
Media type term computer
Media type code c
Source rdamedia
338 ## - CARRIER TYPE
Carrier type term online resource
Source rdacarrier
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Faux Titre ;
Volume/sequential designation 101
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Literature and Cultural Studies - Book Archive pre-2000
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Title Preliminary Material /
Statement of responsibility Anne Elizabeth Cobby -- Preface /
-- Anne Elizabeth Cobby -- Abbreviations /
-- Anne Elizabeth Cobby -- Chapter 1 Introduction /
-- Anne Elizabeth Cobby -- Chapter 2 The Fabliaux /
-- Anne Elizabeth Cobby -- Chapter 3 Aucassin et Nicolette /
-- Anne Elizabeth Cobby -- Chapter 4 Le Pèlerinage de Charlemagne The Epic Tradition /
-- Anne Elizabeth Cobby -- Chapter 5 Le Pèlerinage de Charlemagne Romance and Religion /
-- Anne Elizabeth Cobby -- Chapter 6 Conclusion /
-- Anne Elizabeth Cobby -- Appendix Le Pèlerinage de Charlemagne Three Philological Points /
-- Anne Elizabeth Cobby -- Bibliography /
-- Anne Elizabeth Cobby.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Much work has already been done on the conventions and formulae of Old French literature, particularly epic literature, and on parody in the French Middle Ages. This book links these approaches, widens the concept of 'formula', and aims to show that certain authors, far from being enslaved by the conventions within which they worked, were conscious of them and could master them with sufficient independence to exploit them for calculated literary effect, and in particular for parody. It studies the fabliaux, Aucassin et Nicolette and Le Pèlerinage de Charlemagne , texts in which formulae play a varied and subtle part. In the fabliaux we find that formulae borrowed from serious literature add parodic depth to the often simple humour of these tales, but that the genre as a whole is not essentially parodic. Aucassin et Nicolette uses conventions to arouse expectations which may or may not be satisfied; parody proves to be fundamental to this work. The approach shows its full potential when applied to Le Pèlerinage de Charlemagne ; study of this text's use of formulae of the epic and romance traditions reveals a high degree of complexity and a finely nuanced parody.
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE
Language note English
588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE
Source of description note Description based on print version record.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element French poetry
Chronological subdivision To 1500
General subdivision History and criticism. 
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Oral-formulaic analysis. 
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Parody. 
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Relationship information Print version:
Title Ambivalent Conventions : Formula and Parody in Old French.
Place, publisher, and date of publication Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1995.
International Standard Book Number 9789051838725
Record control number (OCoLC)34596085
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Faux Titre ;
Volume/sequential designation 101.
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Literature and Cultural Studies - Book Archive pre-2000.
856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Public note DOI:
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004648395">http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004648395</a>

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