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The Alexandreis of Walter of Châtillon : a twelfth-century epic : a verse translation /

David Townsend's translation - the first ever into English verse - affords modern readers a vivid sense of the aesthetic appeal and sophisticated artistry of Walter's poem. A concise introduction sets out the poem's background and significance in literary history, while also suggestin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walter, of Châtillon, active 1170-1180
Otros Autores: Townsend, David, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
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Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1996.
Colección:Middle Ages series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:David Townsend's translation - the first ever into English verse - affords modern readers a vivid sense of the aesthetic appeal and sophisticated artistry of Walter's poem. A concise introduction sets out the poem's background and significance in literary history, while also suggesting how Walter's text resonates with the literary sensibilities of our own times.
Townsend's explanatory notes, adapted in large part from glosses in the surviving manuscripts, allow modern audiences a remarkable glimpse into the ways in which medieval readers of the Alexandreis must have understood the poem.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxix, 214 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages xxvii-xxix) and index.
ISBN:0585172943
9780585172941
1512809470
9781512809473