` ::PPS.  Also, it should be noted that if ``Chanson de geste`` is indeed a genre, then it should not be in italics either in the title or in running text, any more than ``Novel`` or ``Fabliau`` are.  When a single poem is referred to, it should be in quotation marks, as in ``Chanson de Roland``; please note that such article titles should not be in italics. (PPS added by –  )`