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Old French Narrative Cycles: Heroism Between Ethics and Morality (2010)
Book
Sunderland, L. (2010). Old French Narrative Cycles: Heroism Between Ethics and Morality. D.S. Brewer

This is a study of four colossal medieval works - the Cycle de Guillaume d'Orange, the Vulgate Cycle, the Prose Tristan and the Roman de Renart - which are normally considered separately. By placing them side-by-side for analysis, Luke Sunderland is... Read More about Old French Narrative Cycles: Heroism Between Ethics and Morality.

The Art of Revolt: Rebellion in the Works of Bertran de Born and Julia Kristeva (2010)
Journal Article
Sunderland, L. (2010). The Art of Revolt: Rebellion in the Works of Bertran de Born and Julia Kristeva. Comparative Literature, 62(1), 22-40. https://doi.org/10.1215/00104124-2009-030

This article proposes a comparison between the ethics of rebellion developed in recent publications by Julia Kristeva and in the medieval poetry of Bertran de Born. Both Kristeva and Bertran see revolt as a continuous and crucial process of transform... Read More about The Art of Revolt: Rebellion in the Works of Bertran de Born and Julia Kristeva.