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French Arthurian Literature V: The Lay of Mantel
Glyn S. Burgess (Ed.)
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Text with facing translation of an undeservedly neglected, humorous French lay, in which the women of Arthur's court have their virtue challenged by a magic mantle. The Old French lay of Mantel belongs to the group of anonymous lays that were composed in the late twelfth or thirteenth century. These short narratives vary in tone and usually deal with some aspect of love, usually in anaristocratic, courtly setting. Here, this is Arthur's court, with its well-known characters involved, and the tone is satiric and comic; the story is a chastity test, which the ladies of the court undergo in ... Read more
Text with facing translation of an undeservedly neglected, humorous French lay, in which the women of Arthur's court have their virtue challenged by a magic mantle. The Old French lay of Mantel belongs to the group of anonymous lays that were composed in the late twelfth or thirteenth century. These short narratives vary in tone and usually deal with some aspect of love, usually in anaristocratic, courtly setting. Here, this is Arthur's court, with its well-known characters involved, and the tone is satiric and comic; the story is a chastity test, which the ladies of the court undergo in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
Number of Pages
178
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843843382
SKU
V9781843843382
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About Glyn S. Burgess (Ed.)
GLYN S. BURGESS is Emeritus Professor of French at the University of Liverpool.
Reviews for French Arthurian Literature V: The Lay of Mantel
Scholars and general readers alike will welcome their version of Mantel as much for its beautifully presented edition and fluid English translation as for the substantial and valuable material that accompanies them.
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[The editors] are to be congratulated on putting together a volume that is likely henceforth to prove the first source consulted by those wishing to ... Read more
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[The editors] are to be congratulated on putting together a volume that is likely henceforth to prove the first source consulted by those wishing to ... Read more