"This book provides the reader with a new, challenging, and sophisticated critical analysis of the Song of Roland." --Choice
" Haidu's] close reading of the Song of Roland is interesting, informative, and significant... "--American Historical Review
"Probably the most sophisticated book ever written on the Song of Roland.... It is at once a work of linguistic analysis, of literary theory, of literary history, and, finally, of history." --R. Howard Bloch
Haidu argues that the 12th-century Song of Roland played an essential role in the creation of the nation-state, in that...
"This book provides the reader with a new, challenging, and sophisticated critical analysis of the Song of Roland." --Choice
This ambitious book presents the most thorough historicist account to date of the development of subjectivity in the medieval period, as traced in medieval literature and historical documentation . Presenting the essence of the modern subject as resting in its subjection to specific historical forms of state power, the author examines literary texts from the Middle Ages that participate in the cultural invention of the subject. Overall, The Subject Medieval/Modern makes a remarkable case for the relevance of studying the Middle Ages to today's world. The book examines the constitution...
This ambitious book presents the most thorough historicist account to date of the development of subjectivity in the medieval period, as traced in med...
This ambitious book presents the most thorough historicist account to date of the development of subjectivity in the medieval period, as traced in medieval literature and historical documentation . Presenting the essence of the modern subject as resting in its subjection to specific historical forms of state power, the author examines literary texts from the Middle Ages that participate in the cultural invention of the subject. Overall, The Subject Medieval/Modern makes a remarkable case for the relevance of studying the Middle Ages to today's world. The book examines the constitution...
This ambitious book presents the most thorough historicist account to date of the development of subjectivity in the medieval period, as traced in med...
