Ysengrimus

The twelfth-century Latin beast epic Ysengrimus is one of the great comic masterpieces of the Middle Ages. It recounts the persecution of the wolf Ysengrimus--who represents a hybrid abbot-bishop--by his archenemy Reynard the fox. The narrative's details are carefully crafted to make the wolf's punishment fit the abbot-bishop's crime.

About the author

Jill Mann is a Fellow of the British Academy, an Honorary Fellow of St. Anne’s College, Oxford, and a Life Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge.

Summary

The twelfth-century Latin beast epic Ysengrimus is one of the great comic masterpieces of the Middle Ages. It recounts the persecution of the wolf Ysengrimus--who represents a hybrid abbot-bishop--by his archenemy Reynard the fox. The narrative's details are carefully crafted to make the wolf's punishment fit the abbot-bishop's crime.

Product details

• Authors: Jill Mann, Jill (EDT) Mann, Nivardus
• Assisted by: Jill Mann (Translation), Mann Jill (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2013
• EAN: 9780674724822
• ISBN: 978-0-674-72482-2
• No. of pages: 576
• Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Librar; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library (HUP) CONTINS TO- [e-mail]
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; POETRY / General, Latin, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Poetry by individual poets, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval