The Lais of Marie de France
Text and Translation
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Word Count
108,000 words, Guess
Page Count
432 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL27348721M
- ISBN-139781554810826
- ISBN-101554810825
- OCLC Control Number1004496890
- Amazon1554810825
Classifications
- LCCPQ1494.L3E5 2018
Description
Composed in French in twelfth-century England, these twelve brief verse narrative 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 asher 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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