SOURCE: Vance, Eugene. “Roland and the Poetics of Memory.” In Textual Strategies: Perspectives in Post-Structuralist Criticism, edited by Josué V. Harari, pp. 374-403. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1979.
In the following essay, Vance analyzes the narrative patterns of The Song of Roland and explains its emphasis on commemoration.
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