chanson de geste
Americannoun
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chansons de geste
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of chanson de geste
1865–70; < French: literally, song of deeds; see chanson, gest
Example Sentences
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His sense of conduct had the enameled air of a chanson de geste; by turning himself into an Arthurian legend he could sublimate the horror of war.
From Time Magazine Archive
Both the profane and what may be called the religious chanson de geste were sung or recited by the same jongleurs—men of a class superior to the vulgar purveyors of amusement.
From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Edmund Gosse
William Short Nose is also from the chanson de geste of that hero.
From The Book of Romance by H. J. (Henry Justice) Ford
But it is in the crowd of looser and later poems, less fully characterized, less steeped in the individuality of their authors, that we can best study the form of the typical chanson de geste.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
As to the subject, a chanson de geste must be concerned with some event which is, or is supposed to be, historical and French.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
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