{"product_id":"the-invention-of-frenchness-negotiating-cultural-boundaries-in-the-literary-languages-of-medieval-france-9781805967293","title":"The Invention of Frenchness: Negotiating Cultural Boundaries in the Literary Languages of Medieval France","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe history of French literature has long been inextricably linked to a sense of genealogical history rooted in France. This sense of history exposes and defends a desire to fully realize the homogeneity of modern nation-states in terms of language and race. \u003cem\u003eThe Invention of Frenchness\u003c\/em\u003e contributes to the revision of this paradigm by considering how in the long fourteenth century, a period neglected in that context, francophone writers increasingly debated and negotiated in their works a complex sense of literary and cultural identity. Such identity was not necessarily rooted in France, nor was it simply genealogical.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning in the twelfth century, French literature focused on telling stories of how a knightly cast developed a common sense of transnational purpose and identity that they carried across Europe and the Mediterranean. Along the way, a growing desire to develop a sense of identity rooted in place became a preoccupation for francophone authors. Drawing on the Deleuzian notions of de- and re-territorialization, as well as that of the rhizome, this book shows that by the fourteenth century, French authors invented a rich and impactful idea of Frenchness that was both global and local.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne-Hélène Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liverpool University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Exeter Studies in Medieval Europe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.06d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781805967293","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47907225206921,"sku":"9781805967293","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_85465c1a-99f2-43cf-a224-a0b8a6ef94cc.jpg?v=1785885599","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-invention-of-frenchness-negotiating-cultural-boundaries-in-the-literary-languages-of-medieval-france-9781805967293","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}