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Article: 'La Chanson de Guillaume' and 'La Prise d'Orange.'(Book Review)(Brief Article)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- July 1, 2003
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'La Chanson de Guillaume' and 'La Prise d'Orange'. By PHILIP E. BENNETT. (Critical Guides to French Texts, 121.1) London: Grant & Cutler. 2000. 134 pp. 8.95 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-7293-0420-5.
The reader is introduced from the outset to the general problems that apply to the study and editing of Old French chansons de geste, in particular their essentially oral nature, with consequent instability and constant re-creation, which is reflected in their existence in various forms in manuscripts. These problems are illustrated in the case of the Prise d'Orange, which exists in a range of redactions. The Chanson de Guillaume poses different problems, for there is ...