The Lais of Marie De France: Text and Translation - Couverture souple

 
9781554810826: The Lais of Marie De France: Text and Translation
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1554810825 ISBN 13 : 9781554810826
Editeur : Broadview Press Ltd, 2018

Synopsis

Composed in French in twelfth-century England, these twelve brief verse narratives center on the joys, sorrows, and complications of love affairs in a context that blends the courtly culture of tournaments and hunting and otherworldly elements such as self-steering boats, shape-shifting lovers, and talking animals. Popular with readers across countries and languages since their composition, the Lais have made their author, Marie, one of the most famous women writers of the Middle Ages, renowned for her brilliant use of language and cultural allusion as well as her keen eye for human behavior.

This new edition provides a complete facing-page edition with the original text alongside a new modern English translation. A single manuscript, Harley 978, is used as the copy text. Appendices include contemporary literature on love, animals, and courtly life, as well as a list of textual variants in other manuscripts.

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À propos de l?auteur

Claire M. Waters is Professor of English at the University of California, Davis.

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Éditeur
Broadview Press Ltd
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1554810825
ISBN 13 
9781554810826
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
432
Éditeur
Waters Claire M.
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