Marie de France: A Critical Companion Contributor(s): Kinoshita, Sharon (Author), McCracken, Peggy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1843843730 ISBN-13: 9781843843733 Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 2014 Click for more in this series: Gallica |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - French - Poetry | European - General - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
Dewey: 841.1 |
Series: Gallica |
Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" L (0.76 lbs) 240 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Marie de France is the author of some of the most influential and important works to survive from the middle ages; arguably best-known for her Lais, she also translated Aesop's Fables (the Ysopė), and wrote the Espurgatoire seint Patriz (St Patrick's Purgatory), based on a Latin text. The aim of this Companion is both to provide information on what can be gleaned of her life, and on her poetry, and to rethink standard questions of interpretation, through topics with special relevance to medieval literature and culture. The variety of perspectives used highlights both the unity of Marie's oeuvre and the distinctiveness of the individual texts. |
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