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Aucassin and Nicolette : a facing-page edition and translation /
A comic masterpiece of medieval French literature, Aucassin and Nicolette is categorized by its anonymous author as a "chantefable," or "song-story," and is the only known work of this kind. This edition includes the thirteenth-century French text and a modern English translation...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Old French |
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East Lansing, Michigan :
Michigan State University Press,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | A comic masterpiece of medieval French literature, Aucassin and Nicolette is categorized by its anonymous author as a "chantefable," or "song-story," and is the only known work of this kind. This edition includes the thirteenth-century French text and a modern English translation on facing pages. An introduction outlines the text's background, genre, literary relations, historical contexts, major themes, and relevance to a contemporary audience. Its alternating sections of verse and prose recount a story of love between the aristocratic but distinctly unheroic young lord Aucassin and his belo |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 113 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781609174439 1609174437 1611861578 9781611861570 |