Synopsis
The Song of Roland is a heroic poem based on the Battle of Roncesvalles in 778, during the reign of Charlemagne. It was written in the late 11th century and is the oldest surviving major work of French literature. It exists in various manuscript versions which testify to its enormous and enduring popularity in the 12th to 14th centuries.
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Présentation de l'éditeur
The Song of Roland is a heroic poem based on the Battle of Roncesvalles in 778, during the reign of Charlemagne. It was written in the late 11th century and is the oldest surviving major work of French literature. It exists in various manuscript versions which testify to its enormous and enduring popularity in the 12th to 14th centuries.
Biographie de l'auteur
Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff, (1889 – 1930) was a Scottish writer, most famous for his English translation of most of Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu, which he published under the Shakespearean title Remembrance of Things Past.
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