0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies

Buy Now

The Lais of Marie De France - With Two Further Lais in the Original Old French (Paperback, 2 Rev Ed) Loot Price: R214
Discovery Miles 2 140
You Save: R50 (19%)
The Lais of Marie De France - With Two Further Lais in the Original Old French (Paperback, 2 Rev Ed): Marie France

The Lais of Marie De France - With Two Further Lais in the Original Old French (Paperback, 2 Rev Ed)

Marie France; Introduction by Keith Busby; Translated by Glyn Burgess

 (sign in to rate)
List price R264 Loot Price R214 Discovery Miles 2 140 You Save R50 (19%)

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days

Marie de France (fl. late twelfth century) is the earliest known French woman poet, and her lais are among the finest examples of the genre.

Lais are short stories in verse based on Breton tales, depicting a moment of crisis in a love relation always intense and refined, and often far more complicated than our received view of courtly love might lead us to suppose. The lovers are not always timid for example, nor are the ladies necessarily unhappily married. Modern readers will find Marie's forceful and resourceful heroines and her undoctrinaire approach to love immensely sympathetic, while her contemporary audience, the English court and Plantagenet royal family, must have seen their own adventures mirrored here, for although there is a fairy-tale atmosphere the protagonists are undeniably human. 'Suffering from what is often called love is present in every lai,' one critic has observed, 'but the means of overcoming this suffering is beautifully and subtly illustrated.'

For this new edition, Glyn Burgess and Keith Busby have included two new lais in the Old French original, Lanval and Chevrefoil, and an updated and expanded Bibliography.

General

Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: March 1999
First published: June 1999
Authors: Marie France
Introduction by: Keith Busby
Translators: Glyn Burgess
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - B-format
Pages: 176
Edition: 2 Rev Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-044759-0
Languages: English
Subtitles: French, Old (842- ca. 1400)
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General
LSN: 0-14-044759-8
Barcode: 9780140447590

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

Partners