Multilingualism and Mother Tongue in Medieval French, Occitan, and Catalan Narratives

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1: Myths of Multilingualism

1. Babel in Girart de Roussillon

2. Tongues of Fire in Guilhem de la Barra

3. Acquiring the (M)other Tongue in Avignon and Toulouse

Part 2: Language Politics

4. Translation Scandals

5. Languages and Borders in Three Novas

6. Monolingualism and Endogamy: French Examples

Part 3: The Monolangue

7. The Multilingual Paris and Vienne

8. Pierre de Provence et La Belle Maguelonne

9. Travels in the Monolangue

Notes

Bibliography

Index

“Occitan specialist Catherine Léglu has hit her stride with this original and timely study. Nuanced analysis, theoretically informed argument, and bold readings of narrative images combine to restore the marginal and the hybrid to the center of Romance studies in this fascinating journey through the crisscrossing pathways of late medieval Romance vernacularity.”

—Sarah Kay, Princeton University