Description: Marie De France Poetry : New Translations, Backgrounds and Contexts, Criticism, Paperback by De France, Marie; Gilbert, Dorothy (TRN), ISBN 0393932680, ISBN-13 9780393932683, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "Marie de France was a medieval poet who was probably born in France and who lived in England during the twelfth century. Prominent among the earliest poets writing in the French vernacular, Marie de France helped shape the style and genres of later medieval poetry. This Norton Critical Edition includes all of Marie's lais (short narrative verse poems); selected fables; and a generous excerpt from Saint Patrick's Purgatory, a long poem based on a well-known medieval legend. Each text is accompanied by detailed explanatory annotations. For comparative reading, two lais, "Bisclavret" and "Yonec," are accompanied by Marie's facing-page originals. "Contexts" is thematically organized to provide readers with a clear sense of Marie's Inspirations. Topics include "The Supernatural," "Love and Romance," "Medical Traditions," "Fable Sources and Analogues: Similar Themes," and "Purgatory and the Afterlife." Ovid, St. Augustine, King Cnut, Chaucer, Andreas Capellanus, Boccaccio, Aristotle, and Bede are among the authors included. From the wealth of scholarly work published on Marie de France, Dorothy Gilbert has chosen eight essays that address issues of history and authorship as well as major themes in the lais, fables, and Saint Patrick's Purgatory. The contributions are Thomas Warton, Abbe Gervais de la Rue, Joseph Bedier, Leo Spitzer, R. Howard Bloch, E. A. Francis, Jill Mann, and Jacques LeGoff" --
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Book Title: Marie De France : Poetry
Number of Pages: 432 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
Item Height: 0.1 in
Publication Year: 2015
Topic: Medieval, European / French, General
Genre: Poetry
Item Weight: 14.9 Oz
Author: Dorothy Gilbert, Marie De France
Item Length: 0.8 in
Book Series: Norton Critical Editions Ser.
Item Width: 0.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
