The Lays of Marie De France

Informationen zum Autor David R. Slavitt is a widely known poet, novelist,critic, and translator. He prepared these English versions of the laysof Marie de France because he loved them. Klappentext The twelve "lays" of Marie de France, the earliest known French woman poet, are here presented in sprightly English verse by poet/translator David R. Slavitt. These old Breton folk tales were the raw material for Marie de France's series of lively but profound considerations of love, life, death, fidelity and betrayal, and luck and fate. They are acute observations about the different kinds of choices women make, startling in the late twelfth century and challenging even today. The lays, which combine a woman's wisdom with an impressive technical bravura, are a minor treasure of European culture. Zusammenfassung The twelve "lays" of Marie de France, the earliest known French woman poet, are here presented in sprightly English verse by poet/translator David R. Slavitt. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword- vii THE LAYS OF MARIE DE FRANCE Prologue- 3 I. Guigemar I. Guigemar- 5 II. Equitan- 27 III. Le Fresne- 35 IV. Bisclavret- 47 V. Lanval- 55 VI. The Two Lovers- 71 VII. Yonec- 77 VIII. Laüstic- 89 IX. Milun- 93 X. Chaitivel- 105 XI. Chevrefoil- 111 XII. Eliduc- 115 For Further Reading- 147

Product details

• Authors: David R. (TRN) Slavitt
• Assisted by: David R. Slavitt (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2013
• EAN: 9781927356357
• ISBN: 978-1-927356-35-7
• No. of pages: 122
• Series: Mingling Voices; Mingling Voices Series; Mingling Voices
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies