The Fabulists French
Subtitle: VERSE FABLES OF NINE CENTURIES
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: June 1, 1992
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780252017568
Subjects: Poetry texts & anthologies; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; French; Poetry; Continental European; Literary Criticism & Collections / European; European - General; Fables, French; French Poetry; Translations into English
First sentence: ALTHOUGH she enjoys the distinction of being the first identifiable woman writer in French, and certainly one of the first (if not the very first) extant fabulist of either sex in any of the western vernaculars, and although her work has generated a vast bibliography of scholarly studies, the poet called "Marie de France," like many medieval writers, remains an enigmatic figure.