The Lais of Marie de France
Subtitle: Text and Translation
Publisher: Broadview Press
Published: Feb 15, 2018
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9781554810826
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.
Notes: Source title: The Lais of Marie de France: Text and Translation (Broadview Editions)