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The Lais of Marie de France

The Lais of Marie de France

France, Marie de
Burgess, Glyn S.
Burgess, Glyn S.

Paperback

Series: Penguin Classics

General Poetry

Publisher Price: $17.00

ISBN10: 0140447598
ISBN13: 9780140447590
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: Jun 1 1999
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.70
Language: English
The leading edition of the work of the earliest known French woman poet--the subject of Lauren Groff's bestselling novel Matrix

Marie de France (fl. late twelfth century) is the earliest known French woman poet and her lais--stories in verse based on Breton tales of chivalry and romance--are among the finest of the genre. Recounting the trials and tribulations of lovers, the lais inhabit a powerfully realized world where very real human protagonists act out their lives against fairy-tale elements of magical beings, potions and beasts. De France takes a subtle and complex view of courtly love, whether telling the story of the knight who betrays his fairy mistress or describing the noblewoman who embroiders her sad tale on the shroud for a nightingale killed by a jealous and suspicious husband.

Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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