Anglo-Latin Gesta Romanorum

Zusatztext It is only with this new edition,however, that it has become possible to assess as we can now, by using Bright's brief,but very helpful notes on sources, analogues, and parallel transmission, the broaderGesta Romanorum context of this signifi cant text from late medieval England. Informationen zum Autor Philippa Bright holds an MA (Hons) and PhD from the University of Sydney, Australia, and has taught at universities in Australia and New Zealand. Prior to retirement, she was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Otago, New Zealand, where she was also the Academic Director of the Student Learning Centre. She has published in the fields of Higher Education and Communication Literacies as well as Medieval Studies, but in recent years the main focus of her research has been the Anglo-Latin and Middle English versions of the Gesta Romanorum. Her edition of the Anglo-Latin Gesta is a product of this research. Klappentext An edition and facing English translation of all of the stories that belong to the Anglo-Latin corpus of the immensely popular and influential collection of moralized stories from the Middle Ages, known as Gesta Romanorum ('The Deeds of the Romans'). Zusammenfassung An edition and facing English translation of all of the stories that belong to the Anglo-Latin corpus of the immensely popular and influential collection of moralized stories from the Middle Ages, known as Gesta Romanorum ('The Deeds of the Romans'). Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Latin text and translation Additional Exempla

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• Authors: Philippa (Emeritus Bright, Philippa (Former Senior Lecturer Bright
• Assisted by: Philippa Bright (Editor), Philippa (Former Senior Lecturer Bright (Editor), Bright Philippa (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9780198205562
• ISBN: 978-0-19-820556-2
• No. of pages: 878
• Series: Oxford Medieval Texts; Oxford Medieval Texts
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Latin, HISTORY / Historiography, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, Classical texts, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Ancient, classical and medieval texts