Lais of Marie de France

Informationen zum Autor Glyn Burgess teaches at the University of Liverpool. He is an expert on early medieval French literature, and has translated and written widely on this area. Klappentext Marie de France (fl. late twelfth century) is the earliest known French woman poet and her lais - stories in verse based on Breton tales of chivalry and romance - are among the finest of the genre. Recounting the trials and tribulations of lovers, the lais inhabit a powerfully realized world where very real human protagonists act out their lives against fairy-tale elements of magical beings, potions and beasts. De France takes a subtle and complex view of courtly love, whether telling the story of the knight who betrays his fairy mistress or describing the noblewoman who embroiders her sad tale on the shroud for a nightingale killed by a jealous and suspicious husband. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung Marie de France (fl late twelfth century) is the earliest known French woman poet and her lais - stories in verse based on Breton tales of chivalry and romance - are among the finest of the genre. This book takes a subtle and complex view of courtly love.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Glyn Burgess teaches at the University of Liverpool. He is an expert on early medieval French literature, and has translated and written widely on this area.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Glyn Burgess, Glyn S. Burgess, Keith Busby, Marie France, Marie De France, de France Marie
• Mitarbeit: Glyn S. Burgess (Einführung), Keith Busby (Einführung), Busby Keith (Einführung), Glyn Burgess (Übersetzung), Glyn S. Burgess (Übersetzung), Keith Busby (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Penguin Books Uk
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 25.03.1999
• EAN: 9780140447590
• ISBN: 978-0-14-044759-0
• Seiten: 176
• Abmessung: 130 mm x 197 mm x 10 mm
• Serien: Penguin Classics; PENGUIN CLASSIC; Penguin Classics; PENGUIN CLASSIC
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; POETRY / General, POETRY / European / French, Poetry / poems by individual poets