The 'child of Babylon' and the problem of paternity in Medieval French Alexander romances

Reference : The 'child of Babylon' and the problem of paternity in Medieval French Alexander romances


	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Arts & humanities : Literature
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/40515

Title :	The 'child of Babylon' and the problem of paternity in Medieval French Alexander romances
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Leglu, Catherine [University of Luxembourg > Rectorate >]
Publication date :	2013
Journal title :	Reading Medieval Studies
Publisher :	Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies (University of Reading)
Volume :	39
Pages :	63--74
Peer reviewed :	Yes
Audience :	International
ISSN :	0950-3129
Keywords :	[en] Medieval ; Alexander the Great ; French
Abstract :	[en] A study of the use of hybrid physical appearance both to signal and to explore the disputed paternity of Alexander the Great throughout its vernacular French tradition. The article compares the 'child of Babylon' portent and Alexander's son Alior in the twelfth-century French "Roman d'Alexandre" poem cycle, and a fifteenth-century prose adaptation of it.
Target :	Researchers ; Students
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