This first English translation of Le Roman de Waldef makes a significant representative of the French literature of medieval England accessible for the first time. Its wide-ranging content provides an ideal introduction to a number of themes in medieval literature, making it suitable for a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses.The fast-moving romance plot of this early thirteenth-century tale recounts the ancestry and exploits of Waldef and his two sons, set against a history of pre-Conquest England. The narrative shares themes and incident types with other important insular romances, including the Lai of Haveloc, Boeve de Haumtone, and Gui de Warewic. Waldef’s scope, interest in battle, and political stratagems bear reading alongside medieval chronicles, while secret love affairs connect it with other romance literature of the period, and adventures across a wide area of the known world provide affinities with medieval travel narrative.
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Bibliographische Angaben
Auflage
1/2021
Copyrightjahr
2021
ISBN-Print
978-1-64189-406-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-64189-407-4
Verlag
Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire
Reihe
Foundations
Sprache
Englisch
Seiten
260
Produkttyp
Monographie
Inhaltsverzeichnis
KapitelSeiten
Contents Kein Zugriff
Series Editors’ Preface Kein Zugriff
Translators’ Preface Kein Zugriff
Abbreviations Kein Zugriff
Brief Plot Summary Kein Zugriff
Date, Author, Audience Kein Zugriff
Sources and Influences Kein Zugriff
Themes and Issues Kein Zugriff
Style and Aesthetic Qualities Kein Zugriff
The Manuscript and Its Readership Kein Zugriff
Note on the Text and Translation Kein Zugriff
Suggested Further Reading Kein Zugriff
Waldef Kein Zugriff Seiten 29 - 230
Appendix I: Extracts from the original text Le Roman de Waldef Kein Zugriff Seiten 231 - 238
Appendix II: Reordered text of vv. 10807–11190 Kein Zugriff Seiten 239 - 242
