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The Song of Roland and Other Poems of Charlemagne
The Song of Roland and Other Poems of Charlemagne

The Song of Roland and Other Poems of Charlemagne

著者: 
Simon Gaunt; Karen Pratt
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  • A new prose translation into English of the Oxford version of the Chanson de Roland, together with new translations of two other medieval French epic poems, Daurel et Beton and Le Voyage de Charlemagne
  • A lively and idiomatic new translation of a key cultural artefact
  • Brief but clear and informative introduction for the general reader, drawing on the latest scholarship
  • Sets the Roland alongside two far less well known texts that provide contextual information likely to be completely new to the book's readership
  • Includes a glossary of technical terms, an index of proper names, and a select bibliography

   
Charles the king, our emperor great,
Has been a full seven years in Spain.
As far as the sea he conquered this haughty land.
Not a single castle remains standing in his path

   
Charlemagne (768-814) was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 and presided over a huge empire. He frequently appears in literature as a great warlord and pious crusading figure. In 778, the rearguard of Charlemagne's retreating army was ambushed and defeated at the battle of Roncevaux. This became the inspiration for songs and poems celebrating deeds of valour in the face of overwhelming odds, through the character of Charlemagne's nephew (the imaginary) Roland. The Song of Roland is the most stirring and moving epic poem of the European Middle Ages, offering a particularly heady mixture of history, legend, and poetry. 
  
Presented here in a lively and idiomatic new translation, the Song of Roland offers fascinating insights into medieval ideas about heroism, manhood, religion, race, and nationhood which were foundational for modern European culture. The Song of Roland is accompanied here by two other medieval French epics about Charlemagne, both of which show him to be a far more equivocal figure than that portrayed by the Roland: the Occitan Daurel and Beton, in which he is a corrupt and avaricious monarch; and the Journey of Charlemagne to Jerusalem and Constantinople, which gives the heroes of the Roland a comic makeover.

目次: 

Introduction
Note on the Texts and Translations
Select Bibliography and Further Reading
Maps
THE SONG  OF ROLAND
DAUREL AND BETON
CHARLEMAGNE'S JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM AND CONSTANTINOPLE
Explanatory Notes
Glossary
Index of Proper Names

著者について: 

Simon Gaunt, Professor of French Language and Literature, Kings College London, and Karen Pratt, Professor Emerita of Medieval French Literature, Kings College London
 
 
Simon Gaunt taught in Cambridge for 10 years before taking up his current position at King's College London in 1998. He has been Head of Department and Dean of Faculty at King's, also President of the Society for French Studies. He was Principal Investigator on an AHRC-funded research project (http://www.medievalfrancophone.ac.uk/) and is currently PI on an ERC-funded research project (https://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/tvof/).
 
Karen Pratt taught at Goldsmiths' College, University of London, until moving to King's College London in 1993. She has been President of the British branch of the International Courtly Literature Society, of the British Branch of the International Arthurian Society, and of the London Medieval Society. She was one of the investigators on a HERA-funded collaborative research project: http://dynamicsofthemedievalmanuscript.eu/.

商品情報

ISBN : 9780199655540

著者: 
Simon Gaunt; Karen Pratt
ページ
288 ページ
フォーマット
Paperback
サイズ
129 x 196 mm
刊行日
2016年11月
シリーズ
Oxford World's Classics
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The Song of Roland and Other Poems of Charlemagne

The Song of Roland and Other Poems of Charlemagne

The Song of Roland and Other Poems of Charlemagne