The song of Roland
By: translated with an introduction and notes by Glyn Burgess.
Contributors: Burgess, Glyn S.
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York, USA; London, UK; Toronto, Canada; Victoria, Australia; Auckland, New Zealand; New Delhi, India; Rosebank, South Africa
Language: eng
Translated from: fro
Translation of: La Chanson de Roland
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780140445329
Copyright date: 1990
Subjects: Roland (Legendary character) -- Romances; Epic poetry, French -- Translations into English
Description: Presents an English translation of the oldest existing epic poem in French, telling the tale of the massacre in 778 of Charlemagne's rearguard at Roncesvalles in northern Spain, and includes an introduction and notes.
Notes: Appendix contains selected extracts from the Old French original.
Table of contents: title: Introduction
pagenum: 7; title: A Note on the Translation
pagenum: 27; title: The Song of Roland
pagenum: 29; title: Notes
pagenum: 157; title: Glossary of Unusual Terms
pagenum: 160; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 162; title: Appendix: La Chanson de Roland
pagenum: 164; title: Index of Proper Names
pagenum: 211