Marianne J. Ailes
Författare till The Song of Roland: On Absolutes and Relative Values (Studies in Mediaeval Literature)
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- Programme Director for the MA in Medieval Studies.
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- University of Bristol
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- Marianne Ailes' research interests are in Medieval French literature, in particular the chansons de geste and early vernacular chronicles. She is actively involved in editing and translating as well as interpretative studies. She is currently engaged in a collaborative project on Charlemagne in England with Phillipa Hardman (Dept of English, University of Reading) and leading a wider network on the appropriation of Charlemagne material in different lingusitic cultures in the Middle Ages. She is President of the British branch of the Société Rencesvals and one of two Vice-Presidents of the Société Rencesvals Internationale. [quoted from The University of Bristol website in August 2014]
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One of the strengths of this work is that it refutes many of the ill-considered conclusions expressed by George Jones in The Ethos of the Song of Roland, published in 1963. For example, in the first chapter, Ailes describes how heroic values, feudal values, and Christian values can exist simultaneously in the medieval mind and medieval text. Ailes makes this argument and others with detailed analysis of the text and the actions and speeches of the characters, along with the ability to concisely explain the medieval context to a modern reader.
I recommend this book to anyone coming to The Song of Roland for the first time, as well as someone reacquainting themselves with the text after a long absence.… (mer)