The History of "Childe Roland" - Bookworm History
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- Episode 19: The history behind the tale of Childe Roland
Greetings, folks! On this episode of Bookworm History we talk about the stories and histories behind the tale of Childe Roland. Stephen King, in writing his “Dark Tower” epic would credit Robert Browning's poem “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came” as his initial inspiration. But the story of Childe Roland goes back way before Browning got ahold of it!
You can find Joseph Jacobs' version of the tale in his book “English Fairy Tales”, which can be found here: books.google.c...
Jacobs' analysis of the tale is found in “Folk-Lore: A Quarterly Review”, Volume 2, 1891 and can be found here: play.google.co...
Robert Jamieson's version, as well as accompanying history, is found in “Popular Heroic and Romantic Ballads”, contained within “Illustrations of Northern Antiquities” and is found here: play.google.co...
Lastly, George Peele's “The Old Wives' Tale” is here: play.google.co...
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And, as always, thanks for stopping by!
Very in-depth explanation.
Thank you very much for this, it cleared up a lot of the confusion I've had over this poem.
+Lillian Nieswender I'm glad I could help! Thanks for watching!
The original source is actually the epic poem La Chanson de Roland, composed between 1040 and 1115. Browning's poem delivers much of the hopelessness depicted in the epic, in which Charlemagne's army is defeated and all the lauded heroes die. Check it out.
I was wondering whether someone would mention this, as the same thought has occurred to me, though I have yet to read the Song of Roland.
That's exactly what I was thinking The Song of Roland.
That the poem is really about going through life getting old and coming to The Dark Tower. The last line in Browning also references The Song of Roland's end where Roland blows his olyphant-horn cutting off the Saracens thusly saving France and dies.
I noticed this too and posted about it above before I saw these comments. I think the whole dark mood of the Song of Roland is also reflected in the browning poem as well as the obvious reference to the horn.
I got to Ariosto and "Orlando Furioso" the telling of this story was already 5 hundred years in the past then let alone the actual person from the 9th Century, great songs and poetry began as soon as we had a common language.
As I'm typing this there are 19 prior comments... Something significant to King's work... But I'm very happy to have stumbled across your channel. Very interesting stuff.
Excellent work. Thank you!
Browning also alludes to the Chanson de Roland (Song of Roland) with the blowing of the horn.
Love this! Thank you:)
very interesting, can't want to see what you come up in the next episode :)
+Knowledge Lost Thanks! I'm working on a bunch of different types of stuff, so we'll see how it all turns out!
look forward to it.
This was dope, thank you =]
I'm glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
You're the man! Found you today. Some fascinating stuff, my brother. Where do you teach? (Please say NYC)
Thanks very much! I'm based in New York City, but I don't actually teach, I'm just a researcher who enjoys making videos
fascinating!
+A Hermit's Progress It's such a weird, cool story! I have a massive respect for folklorists now (not that I didn't before, just much more so now!) after digging into this because folklore is COMPLICATED!
1516, Ariosto. A poem called " Orlando(Roland) Furioso may be a stepping stone to the Origins of the Epic?
Seems bout right, anything that's anywhere close to King seems to be ridiculously complicated.
I also wonder ifLord Byron's Childe Harold's Pilgrimage may have also been a source for the inspiration of this poem.
Is this all connected to The Song Of Roland? The story about Charlemagne in Spain.Doesn’t that have Roland blowing a horn then dying? That’s the same as the poem. Or similar at least.
Nice
Interesting C.S.Lewis wrote an unfinished story call the Dark Tower
You have Justice League Dark trades and don't mention that the Dark Tower is DC's anti-magic prison?
Ahahahaha! Never even occured to me, but a true missed opportunity!
Wait this ain't Genshin Impact