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Like _Roland_, the poem of _Aliscans_ is rather lyrical in its effect, reiterating and reinforcing the heroic motives, making an impression by repetition of one and the same mood; a poem of the glorification of
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In the _Chansons de Geste_ a great discovery has been made since my essay was written; the _Chançun de Willame_, an earlier and ruder version of the epic of _Aliscans_, has been printed by the unknown possessor of the manuscript, and generously given to a number of students who have good reason to be grateful to him for his liberality.
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_Charroi de Nismes_, _Prise d'Orange_, _Aliscans_, _Rainouart_; cf.J. Bédier, _Les Légendes épiques_ (1908)
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_Aliscans, chanson de geste_ of the cycle of William of Orange, 296
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_Aliscans_ that the epic interest in character is most pronounced and most effective.
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Willame_, it may be observed, is not very different from _Aliscans_ with regard to Rainouart, the humorous gigantic helper of William of
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Allis: perhaps Aelis, one of the characters of the Chansons de geste (Aliscans, geste de Guillaume dOrange); wife, according to the troubadours, of Rainouard au Tinel.
Notes 1920
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But -- partly because of its nearness to the subject, partly because of the more intense national belief in the hero, most of all, perhaps, because the countrymen of Cervantes already possessed that faculty of individual, not merely of typical, characterisation which has been, as a rule, denied to the countrymen of Corneille -- the poem is far more _alive_ than the not less heroic histories of Roncesvaux or of Aliscans.
The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) George Saintsbury 1889
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From this point the general interest of the saga, which has culminated in the battle of Aliscans, though it can hardly be said to disappear, declines somewhat, and is diverted to other persons than William himself.
The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) George Saintsbury 1889
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Among these very best I should rank in alphabetical order -- _Aliscans_, _Amis et Amiles_, _Antioche_,
The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) George Saintsbury 1889
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