chanson de geste
noun
(in medieval French literature) an epic poem written in assonant verse or rhyme about historical or legendary events or figures.
chansons de geste
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pluralof chanson de geste.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There is less strict economy in the chansons de geste.
From Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature by W. P. Ker
It neither constitutes a capital division of general literature like the Arthurian story, nor embodies and preserves a single long-past phase in national spirit and character, like the chansons de geste.
From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by George Saintsbury
In the genealogy of romance he is a son of Doon de Mayence, and he appears in different and irreconcilable 47 circumstances in many of the chansons de geste.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various
But strong as the fantastic element is in them, the chansons de geste possess a realistic quality which is entirely absent from the gracious idealism of the Romances.
From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by George Saintsbury
The style in which the chansons de geste are written is something traditional, something common to the people and to the time, rather than characteristic of the individual authors.
From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Edmund Gosse
