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Gesta Romanorum: A New Translation

Gesta Romanorum: A New Translation

Stace, Christopher
Harris, Nigel

Paperback

Series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryLiterary CriticismFiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 1526127261
ISBN13: 9781526127266
Publisher: Manchester Univ Pr
Published: May 3 2018
Pages: 544
Weight: 1.55
Height: 1.80 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
This volume contains an entirely new and accessible translation into modern English of the medieval Latin Gesta Romanorum. Based on the standard Gesta edition by Hermann Österley, it is the first such translation to appear since 1824, and the first to take appropriate account of modern scholarly priorities. The Gesta Romanorum are tales drawn from a wide variety of sources, such as classical mythology, legend and historical chronicles, and are accompanied in almost every case by allegorical Christian interpretations. They were enormously popular throughout the Middle Ages, and had a huge influence on many other authors, such as Boccaccio, Chaucer, Gower, Hoccleve, Shakespeare, Bernard Shaw and Thomas Mann. The Gesta is therefore a foundational work of western European literature - as well as one whose lively, well-crafted and often entertaining narratives hold a continuing appeal for contemporary readers.

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