18%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Saints´ Lives, Volume II
Henry Of Avranches
€ 40.99
€ 33.72
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Saints´ Lives, Volume II
Hardback. Henry of Avranches, professional versifier to abbots, bishops, kings, and a pope, displays pyrotechnical verbal skill and playfulness that rivals the Carmina Burana and collections of rhymed secular verse. Yet The Saints' Lives also stands as self-conscious heir to the great classicizing tradition of twelfth-century epic poets. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
The artistry, wit, and erudition of medieval Latin narrative poetry continued to thrive well into the middle of the thirteenth century. No better evidence of this survives than in the long and brilliantly successful career of Henry of Avranches (d. 1262). Professional versifier to abbots, bishops, kings, and at least one pope, Henry displays a pyrotechnical verbal skill and playfulness that rivals that of the Carmina Burana and similar collections of rhymed secular verse. Yet he also stands as self-conscious heir to the great classicizing tradition of the twelfth-century epic poets, above all of Walter of Chatillon. Henry entwines these ... Read more
The artistry, wit, and erudition of medieval Latin narrative poetry continued to thrive well into the middle of the thirteenth century. No better evidence of this survives than in the long and brilliantly successful career of Henry of Avranches (d. 1262). Professional versifier to abbots, bishops, kings, and at least one pope, Henry displays a pyrotechnical verbal skill and playfulness that rivals that of the Carmina Burana and similar collections of rhymed secular verse. Yet he also stands as self-conscious heir to the great classicizing tradition of the twelfth-century epic poets, above all of Walter of Chatillon. Henry entwines these ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
Condition
New
Weight
411g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674728653
SKU
V9780674728653
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Henry Of Avranches
David Townsend is Professor of Medieval Studies and English at the University of Toronto.
Reviews for Saints´ Lives, Volume II