This 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 Siete Infantes de Lara, the Mocedades de Rodrigo, and the Poema de Mio Cid, 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 Tristan and the Chanson de Roland.In 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 Poema de Mio Cid, 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.

Terms of Response: Language and the Audience in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Theory

Literature & Fiction

Montgomery, Robert

History & Criticism

Penn State University Press

This 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 Siete Infantes de Lara, the Mocedades de Rodrigo, and the Poema de Mio Cid, 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 Tristan and the Chanson de Roland.
In 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 Poema de Mio Cid, 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.

Volume: 1 Publisher: New York, Ronald Press Publication date: 1922 Subjects: Auditing Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.

Auditing: Theory and Practice

Business & Money

Economics

Ayer Co. Pub

The Omnipresence Of The Deity: A Poem (1834)

Kessinger Publishing, LLC

As Robbie's hitting streak takes him closer to the college record, he faces the additional pressures of playing in the college world series and learning that his father may have multiple sclerosis

Hitting Streak (Gary Carter's Iron Mask Series)

Teen & Young Adult

Troll Communications Llc

As Robbie's hitting streak takes him closer to the college record, he faces the additional pressures of playing in the college world series and learning that his father may have multiple sclerosis

To help pay off his father's medical bills, a talented young catcher leaves college to play baseball in the minor leagues

The Show! (Gary Carter's Iron Mask Series)

To help pay off his father's medical bills, a talented young catcher leaves college to play baseball in the minor leagues

The Show! (Gary Carter's Iron Mask #6)

Yearning to show what he can do as a pitcher for his high school baseball team, fifteen-year-old Robbie is dismayed when the coach decides to make him catcher instead.

Home Run! (Gary Carter's Iron Mask Series, 1)

Contemporary

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Terms of Response: Language and the Audience in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Theory

Terms of Response: Language and the Audience in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Theory

Auditing: Theory and Practice

The Omnipresence Of The Deity: A Poem (1834)

Hitting Streak (Gary Carter's Iron Mask Series)

Hitting Streak (Gary Carter's Iron Mask Series)

The Show! (Gary Carter's Iron Mask Series)

The Show! (Gary Carter's Iron Mask #6)

Home Run! (Gary Carter's Iron Mask Series, 1)

Home Run! (Gary Carter's Iron Mask 1)