French Arthurian literature.
By: edited and translated by Glyn S. Burgess & Leslie C. Brook ; with the collaboration of Amanda Hopkins for Melion
Contributors: Burgess, Glyn S.; Brook, Leslie C; Hopkins, Amanda, 1962-
Series: Arthurian archives
Publisher: D.S. Brewer
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 529
ISBN-13: 9781843841180
Subjects: Lays; Lays -- Translations into English
Genres: Translations into English
Other titles: French literature.; Old French narrative lays; Eleven Old French narrative lays
Description: "The lay was a flourishing genre in the French courts of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, related to romance rather as the modern short story is to the novel. Its most famous exponent is arguably Marie de France, but in addition to her twelve lays, a number of authors, mainly anonymous, have also come down to us, usually referred to as Breton lays or simply as narrative lays." "The eleven anonymous lays presented in this volume show the varied nature of the genre. First brought together as a collection by Prudence Tobin in 1976, they have been freshly edited from the manuscript sources. They are presented here with facing English translation, together with substantial introductions for each lay, which deal principally with thematic issues and questions of general literary interest."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [509]-526) and index

Text in English with parallel Old French and English translations of the lays