Roman De Thebes and the Roman D''eneas

The Roman de Thèbes and the Roman d'Eneas translated in this book belong to a group of Old French texts known as the romances of antiquity (romans d'antiquitÃ(c)). Composed between c. 1150 and c. 1165, they create a bridge between classical tales and the burgeoning French romances as represented especially by ChrÃ(c)tien de Troyes.

About the author

Glyn S. Burgess is Emeritus Professor of French at the University of Liverpool. His Penguin Classics edition of The Lais of Marie de France has sold more than 150,000 copies. He is co-author of The Roman de Troie by BenoÃ(R)t de Sainte-Maure (with Douglas Kelly, D. S. Brewer, 2017). In 1999 he was made a Chevalier des Palmes AcadÃ(c)miques and he is an Honorary President of the International Courtly Literature Society.

Douglas Kelly is Emeritus Professor of French and Medieval Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is co-author of The Roman de Troie by BenoÃ(R)t de Sainte-Maure (with Glyn Burgess, D. S. Brewer, 2017) and an Honorary President of the International Courtly Literature Society.

Summary

The two romances translated in this volume, the Roman de Thebes and the Roman d'Eneas, form, along with the Roman de Troie by Benoit de Sainte-Maure, a group of texts that are of considerable importance within French and European literature and culture.

Product details

• Authors: Glyn S Burgess, Glyn S. Burgess, Glyn S. Kelly Burgess, Douglas Kelly
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781800348615
• ISBN: 978-1-80034-861-5
• No. of pages: 440
• Series: Exeter Studies in Medieval Europe; Exeter Studies in Medieval Eur
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies