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OverviewThis prose translation of twenty-four lays from the French Middle Ages brings to the general reader as well as to scholars a complement to the twelve well-known lays by Marie de France, the possible creator of the genre. These lays are mostly anonymous, and the majority, but by no means all of them, are, like Marie’s lays, centred on a love interest of some kind in a variety of settings. But, unlike Marie’s lays, their treatment varies from the courtly and sophisticated to the comic or the tragic, thereby illustrating the range of poems covered by the term lai in twelfth- and thirteenth-century France. A significant number of these lays, based in the courtly world, contain supernatural elements or magic objects that are fundamental to the story as it is related, and sometimes the heroes leave the real world to dwell forever in an otherworldly domain. Other lays have a more mundane feel to them and seem closer to the fabliau in tone. In one instance, the lay of Haveloc, the tale owes more to legendary history than to pure fantasy. Overall, this collection stakes a claim to make an important contribution to the Medieval French lay within the wider European tradition of the short story and the literature of love. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Glyn S. Burgess , Leslie C. BrookPublisher: Liverpool University Press Imprint: Liverpool University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.481kg ISBN: 9781781383377ISBN 10: 1781383375 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 06 December 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsGeneral Introduction Manuscripts Magic and Mystery 1. Melion 2. Tyolet 3. Graelent 4. Guingamor 5. Desiré 6. Doon 7. Espine 8. Tydorel 9. Trot Fun and Games 10. Mantel 11. Cor 12. Aristote 13. Lecheor 14. Ignaure 15. Oiselet 16. Espervier 17. Nabaret Passion and Tears 18. Piramus and Thisbe 19. Narcisus and Dané Romance and Realism 20. The Chastelaine de Vergi 21. The Lai de l’Ombre 22. Amours 23. Conseil The Lay as History 24. Haveloc Bibliography Index of Proper NamesReviewsWith this volume, and the projects which have preceded it, Burgess and Brook are to be congratulated for their work in ensuring greater prominence for these lays, and in widening resources for use in comparative and interdisciplinary scholarship.Alison Williams, Modern Language Review Author InformationGlyn S. Burgess is Emeritus Professor of French at the University of Liverpool. His Penguin Classics edition of The Lais of Marie de France has sold more than 150,000 copies. He is co-author of The Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure (with Douglas Kelly, D. S. Brewer, 2017). In 1999 he was made a Chevalier des Palmes Académiques and he is an Honorary President of the International Courtly Literature Society. Leslie Brook is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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