Lays Of France

Author : Marie de France
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780140447590
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lais of Marie de France written by Marie de France and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-06-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The leading edition of the work of the earliest known French woman poet—the subject of Lauren Groff’s bestselling novel Matrix Marie de France (fl. late twelfth century) is the earliest known French woman poet and her lais—stories in verse based on Breton tales of chivalry and romance—are among the finest of the genre. Recounting the trials and tribulations of lovers, the lais inhabit a powerfully realized world where very real human protagonists act out their lives against fairy-tale elements of magical beings, potions and beasts. De France takes a subtle and complex view of courtly love, whether telling the story of the knight who betrays his fairy mistress or describing the noblewoman who embroiders her sad tale on the shroud for a nightingale killed by a jealous and suspicious husband. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : Marie de France
Publisher : Wyatt North Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1647980224
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lais of Marie De France written by Marie de France and published by Wyatt North Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2020-01-11 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ** A Christian Classic ** ** Active Table of Contents ** This book comes complete with a Touch-or-Click Table of Contents, divided by each section. The Lais of Marie de France are a series of twelve short narrative Breton lais by the poet Marie de France. They are written in the Anglo-Norman and were probably composed in the late 12th century. The short, narrative poems generally focus on glorifying the concept of courtly love through the adventures of their main characters. Despite her stature in Anglo-Norman literature and medieval French literature generally, little is known of Marie herself, though it is thought that she was born in France and wrote in England. Marie de France's lais, told in octosyllabic, or eight syllable verse, are notable for their celebration of love, individuality of character, and vividness of description – hallmarks of the emerging literature of the times. Five different manuscripts contain one or more of the lais, but only one, Harley 978, a thirteenth century manuscript housed in the British Library, preserves all twelve. It has been suggested that if the author had indeed arranged the Lais as presented in Harley 978, that she may have chosen this overall structure to contrast the positive and negative actions that can result from love. In this manuscript, the odd lais — "Guigemar," "Le Fresne," etc. — praise the characters who express love for other people. By comparison, the even lais, such as "Equitan," "Bisclavret" and so on, warn how love that is limited to oneself can lead to misfortune. The Harley 978 manuscript also includes a 56-line prologue in which Marie describes the impetus for her composition of the lais. In the prologue, Marie writes that she was inspired by the example of the ancient Greeks and Romans to create something that would be both entertaining and morally instructive. She also states her desire to preserve for posterity the tales that she has heard. Two of Marie's lais – "Lanval," a very popular work that was adapted several times over the years (including the Middle English Sir Launfal), and "Chevrefoil" ("The Honeysuckle"), a short composition about Tristan and Iseult – mention King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Marie's lais were precursors to later works on the subject, and Marie was probably a contemporary of Chrétien de Troyes, another writer of Arthurian tales. You can buy other wonderful religious books from Wyatt North Publishing! Enjoy.

Author : Marie (de France)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book French Mediaeval Romances written by Marie (de France) and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marie (de France)
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lais of Marie de France written by Marie (de France) and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 1995-05 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient European stories come to life in the poetry of a now-forgotten medieval woman writer.

Author : Guido Cavalcanti
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
ISBN 13 : 1926836847
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Metabolism of Desire written by Guido Cavalcanti and published by Athabasca University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text in Italian with English translation on opposite pages.

Author : Marie de France
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603842985
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lays of Marie de France written by Marie de France and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition includes Edward Gallagher's prose translations of The Lays of Marie de France; a general introduction; a map; commentaries on the lays; two anonymous Breton lays—-The Lay of Melion and The Lay of Tyolet; a glossary of proper names; a glossary of specialized terms; and an appendix of selected texts in the Old French, including Marie's Prologue, Guigemar, Bisclavret, and Yonec.

Author : Marie France
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141389346
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lais of Marie De France written by Marie France and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marie de France (fl. late twelfth century) is the earliest known French woman poet and her lais - stories in verse based on Breton tales of chivalry and romance - are among the finest of the genre. Recounting the trials and tribulations of lovers, the lais inhabit a powerfully realized world where very real human protagonists act out their lives against fairy-tale elements of magical beings, potions and beasts. De France takes a subtle and complex view of courtly love, whether telling the story of the knight who betrays his fairy mistress or describing the noblewoman who embroiders her sad tale on the shroud for a nightingale killed by a jealous and suspicious husband.

Author : Anne Laskaya
Publisher : Medieval Institute Publications
ISBN 13 : 1580444679
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Middle English Breton Lays written by Anne Laskaya and published by Medieval Institute Publications. This book was released on 1995-11-01 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the first to make the Middle English Breton lays available to teachers and students of the Middle Ages. Breton lays were produced by or after the fashion of Marie de France in the twelfth century and claim to be "literary versions of lays sung by ancient Bretons to the accompaniment of the harp." The poems edited in this volume are considered distinctly "English" Breton lays because of their focus on the family values of late medieval England. With the volume's helpful glosses, notes, introductions, and appendices, the door is opened for students to study Middle English poetry and the medieval family alike.

Author : Valerie Henitiuk
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
ISBN 13 : 1771991674
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spark of Light written by Valerie Henitiuk and published by Athabasca University Press. This book was released on 2016-12-12 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spark of Light is a diverse collection of short stories by women writers from the Indian province of Odisha. Originally written in Odia and dating from the late nineteenth century to the present, these stories offer a multiplicity of voices—some sentimental and melodramatic, others rebellious and bold—and capture the predicament of characters who often live on the margins of society. From a spectrum of viewpoints, writing styles, and motifs, the stories included here provide examples of the great richness of Odishan literary culture. In the often shadowy and grim world depicted in this collection, themes of class, poverty, violence, and family are developed. Together they form a critique of social mores and illuminate the difficult lives of the subaltern in Odisha society. The work of these authors contributes to an ongoing dialogue concerning the challenges, hardships, joys, and successes experienced by women around the world. In these provocative explorations of the short-story form, we discover the voices of these rarely heard women.

Author : Marie de France
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lays of Marie de France written by Marie de France and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-10 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents a short collection of lays by the 12th-century French poet Marie de France. These lays are independent and unconnected in plot but involve a chivalric episode or a courtly love situation. The narrative of these stories moves quickly, following the adventures of different characters.