Medieval French Alexander

Donald Maddox and Sara Sturm-Maddox are Professors of French and Italian Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. They have coedited many books, including Transtextualities: Of Cycles and Cyclicity in Medieval French Literature; Melusine of Lusignan: Founding Fiction in Late Medieval France; and Froissart Across the Genres.

• List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Introduction: Alexander the Great in the French Middle AgesDonald Maddox and Sara Sturm-Maddox Chronology 1. The Prologue to the Historia de Preliis: A Pagan Model of Spiritual StruggleMichel Zink 2. The Raid on Gaza in Alexandre de Paris's RomanceEmmanuèle Baumgartner 3. Alexander's ClergieDouglas Kelly 4. Alexander and Aristotle in the French Alexander RomancesCatherine Gaullier-Bougassas 5. Alexander's GabsFrançois Suard 6. "Mout est proz e vassaus" / "Mout es corteis": Vasselage and Courtesy in the Roman d'AlexandreRupert T. Pickens 7. "A paine a on bon arbre de malvaise raïs": Counsel for Kings in the Roman d' AlexandreWilliam W. Kibler 8. Giving Fiefs and Honor: Largesse, Avarice, and the Problem of "Feudalism" in Alexander's TestamentStephen D. White 9. Take the World by Prose: Modes of Possession in the Roman d'AlexandreMichelle R. Warren 10. Alexander and Caesar in the Faits des RomainsCatherine Croizy-Naquet 11. Alexander the Great as the Icon of Perfection in the Epigones of the Roman d'Alexandre (1250–1450): The Utilitas of the Ideal PrinceMartin Gosman 12. Ekphrasis and Memory in the Fourteenth-Century Parfait du PaonRenate Blumenfeld-Kosinski 13. Conquering Alexander: Perceforest and the Alexandrian TraditionMichelle Szkilnik 14. Alexander Amoroso: Rethinking Alexander in the Roman de PerceforestJane H. M. Taylor 15. From Alexander to Marco Polo, from Text to Image: The Marvels of IndiaLaurence Harf-Lancner 16. "Codices manuscriptos nudos tenemus": Alexander and the New CodicologyKeith Busby List of Contributors Index

"…will be essential reading for all Alexander scholars for many years to come." — Speculum"The editors have assembled a group of European and American 'stars' of the Old French field, many of whom have written elsewhere on the subject of the Alexander texts, but most of whom have strong reputations as historians and critics in several branches of medieval French literature. The results do not disappoint. This will be the English-language authority on Alexander." — Brian Merrilees, coeditor of The Anglo-Norman Voyage of St. BrendanContributors include Emmanuèle Baumgartner, Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Keith Busby, Catherine Croizy-Naquet, Catherine Gaullier-Bougassas, Martin Gosman, Laurence Harf-Lancner, Douglas Kelly, William W. Kibler, Donald Maddox, Rupert T. Pickens, Sara Sturm-Maddox, François Suard, Michelle Szkilnik, Jane H. M. Taylor, Michelle R. Warren, Stephen D. White, and Michel Zink.