Blandin de Cornoalha: A Comic Occitan Romance A New Critical Edition and Translation
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Wendy Pfeffer is professor emerita at the University of Louisville. Margaret Burrell is retired from the Univerity of Canterbury, N.Z.
This volume makes available for the first time in English an edition of the medieval romance Blandin de Cornoalha, including the original Occitan text, a translation and an introduction to the work.
Composed in the second half of the fourteenth century by an anonymous author, the story offers the first recording of the Sleeping Beauty folktale, incorporated into the adventures of two knights. Many elements in the romance are comic, suggesting that Blandin is not simply a tale of knights in battle, but also a parody of medieval romance in general.
This volume makes available for the first time in English an edition of the medieval romance Blandin de Cornoalha, including the original Occitan text, a translation and an introduction to the work.
Introduction
First Sightings, Prior Editions, and the Argument for this Edition
Literary Sources and Possible Analogs
Approaches to Blandin
Versification and Genre
Travels of the Manuscript
Language of the Author and of the Text
Dating the Text and Conclusions
Presentation of the Edition and Translation
Bibliography
Occitan Text and Facing-Page English Translation
Illustration
Index
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Wendy Pfeffer is professor emerita at the University of Louisville. Margaret Burrell is retired from the Univerity of Canterbury, N.Z.