Song of Roland

Literature & Fiction

Terry, Patricia

Poetry

Macmillan

History & Criticism

Pearson

Modern French poetry: A bilingual anthology

Reference

Gavronsky, Serge

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Columbia University Press

A collection of the poems of one of the French Symbolist poets.

Poems of Jules Laforgue.

Praeger

Renard the Fox is the first modern translation into English of one of the most important and influential medieval books. Valued for its comic spirit, its high literary quality, and its clever satire of feudal society, the tale uses animals to represent the members of various classes. This lively and accessible translation will be welcomed for courses in medieval literature and history, gender studies, and humanities, and will be a treat for the general reader as well.

Renard the Fox

Humor & Satire

University of California Press

Known for her fine translations of octosyllabic narrative verse, Patricia Terry presents translations of four major practitioners of this dominant literary form of twelfth- and thirteenth-century France. Her introduction discusses the varying views of women and love in the texts and their place in the courtly tradition. From Chrétien de Troyes Terry includes an early work, Philomena, here translated into verse for the first time. The other great writer of this period was Marie de France, the first woman in the European narrative tradition. Lanval is newly translated for this edition, which also features four of Marie's other poems. The collection further includes The Reflection by Jean Renart, known for his realistic settings; and the anonymous Chatelaine of Vergi, a fatalistic and perhaps more modern depiction of love.

The Honeysuckle and the Hazel Tree: Medieval Stories of Men and Women

The Finding of the Grail: Retold from Old French Sources

"A new romance that is astonishingly effective and true to its models, virtually seamless. . . . This is a fresh, lively, and historically informed retelling of the Perceval story as the French nobility of the 12th and 13th centuries might have known it, in one tight and exciting version. The glory of the translation is the tone, the register, in which it is realized."--F. Regina Psaki, director of medieval studies, University of Oregon
"Readily accessible to nonacademics . . . it should appeal to anyone interested in the medieval sources of Arthurian narrative. . . . a good story well told."—Christopher J. Callahan, Illinois Wesleyan University
 This lively retelling of the medieval Grail legend presents a unified version of the hero Perceval’s quest. Illustrated with 34 miniatures from 13th- and 14th-century manuscripts, it offers a concise and coherent version of a myth that has fascinated readers for more than 800 years.
The earliest extant grail story is by the great 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes, who introduces the mysterious vessel in a solemn procession witnessed by the young knight Perceval in the Castle of the Fisher King. Chrétien never finished his story, but a number of 12th- and 13th-century writers wrote continuations of it, adding episodes that prolonged the quest but did not offer a coherent conclusion.
Weaving together episodes selected from the earliest Old French texts and focusing exclusively on the adventures of Perceval, the authors have created a "new" romance true to Chrétien de Troyes’ delicate blend of Christian themes and Celtic magic, offering a conclusion in keeping with Chrétien’s balanced view of human aspirations. Illustrating key moments in the story, the miniatures help create the elusive atmosphere of medieval fantasy.
Patricia Terry has taught French and comparative literature at Barnard College and at the University of California, San Diego. Her translations of medieval texts include The Song of Roland, Poems of the Elder Edda, The Honeysuckle and the Hazel Tree, and Renard the Fox.
Nancy Vine Durling has taught French and comparative literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. She is the editor of Jean Renart and the Art of Romance: Essays on Guillaume de Dole (UPF, 1997) and the cotranslator (with Patricia Terry) of The Romance of the Rose, or Guillaume de Dole by Jean Renart.

Durling, Nancy Vine

University Press of Florida

This retelling of the Medieval Grail legend presents a unified version, based on orginal texts, of the hero Perceval's quest. The text is illustrated with 34 miniatures from 13th- and 14th-century manuscripts, offering a concise version of a fascinating myth.

Renard the Fox is the first modern translation into English of one of the most important and influential medieval books. Valued for its comic spirit, its high literary quality, and its clever satire of feudal society, the tale uses animals to represent the members of various classes. This lively and accessible translation will be welcomed for courses in medieval literature and history, gender studies, and humanities, and will be a treat for the general reader as well.

Renard the Fox (English and Old French Edition)

Northeastern Univ Pr

Research Papers: A Complete Guide for High School Students

Catalogs & Directories

Discovery Pr

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