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Product Description: "L'Orlando furioso", poema cavalleresco in ottave, composto da quarantasei canti, ha una intelaiatura anche encomiastica perché l'opera non può prescindere dal rapporto con la società per la quale l'Ariosto scrive e crea una sua misura artistica di contenuti e di stile, operando una continua relazione ideologica ed estetica...read more

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Product Description: The Rolandslied is a Middle High German translation of the French Chanson de Roland, dating from around 1170. Although faithful to the events of the original, its treatment of style is very free, and it is nearly twice as long. The author identifies himself in the earliest German version as 'Priest Konrad', and probably lived in the area of Regensburg; however, there is no more precise information, despite considerable research into the origins of this important literary work, which only exists in fragmentary manuscripts...read more

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Swift yet resonant, this masterful new verse translation conveys the immediacy, intimacy, and power of this greatest of Old French epic poems. John DuVal approaches the unadorned syntax of The Song of Roland in straightforward modern English, attuned to the nuance and detail of the narrative and the poetry of the original text.In his concise but thorough general Introduction, David Staines traces the origins of the poem and its reception in medieval society, discusses its content and its themes, and in clear, accessible prose illuminates the epic poem’s chivalric spirit.Footnotes provide glosses on events, characters, and medieval terms. Endnotes discuss editorial and translational issues. This edition also includes a selected bibliography, a map, and a glossary and index. An appendix provides the entire text of the Old French original.

A translation of the medieval epic poem about Roland's adventures and death in Charlemagne's war against the pagans.

A translation of the medieval epic poem about Roland's adventures and death in Charlemagne's war against the pagans

The Song of Roland: An Analytical Edition, 2 Volumes, One of the greatest masterpieces of Western Literature. (view table of contents)