The Alexandreis of Walter of Chatilon. A Twelfth-Century Epic.

Walter of Chatillon

ISBN 10: 0812233476 / ISBN 13: 9780812233476

Edité par University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996

Written sometime in the 1170s, Walter of Chatillon's Latin epic on the life of Alexander the Great loomed as large on literary horizons as the works on Jean de Meun, Dante, or Boccaccio. This title provides a translation of this work. Translator(s): Townsend, David; Townsend, Walter. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550. . 1996. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. N° de réf. du vendeur V9780812233476

Synopsis :

Written sometime in the 1170s, Walter of Chatillon's Latin epic on the life of Alexander the Great loomed as large on literary horizons as the works on Jean de Meun, Dante, or Boccaccio. Within a few decades of its composition, the poem had become a standard text of the literary curriculum. Virtually all authors of the thirteenth through fifteenth centuries knew the poem. And an extraordinary two hundred surviving manuscripts, elaborately annotated, attest both to the popularity of the Alexandreis and to the care with which it was read by its medieval audience.

À propos de l?auteur: David Townsend is Professor of Medieval Studies and English at the University of Toronto.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Alexandreis of Walter of Chatilon. A ...
Éditeur : University of Pennsylvania Press
Date d'édition : 1996
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : New