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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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The Tale of Charlemagne and Ralph the Collier

The Tale of Charlemagne and Ralph the Collier

Sypeck, Jeff

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN10: 1105959740
ISBN13: 9781105959745
Publisher: Lulu Pr
Published: Aug 18 2012
Pages: 56
Weight: 0.21
Height: 0.13 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Charbonnier est maître chez soi: The collier is master in his own house. This French saying finds its most literal expression in The Tale of Charlemagne and Ralph the Collier, a 15th-century Middle Scots romance about the adventures that ensue when King Charlemagne, separated from his entourage by a blizzard, seeks refuge in the home of a proud and irascible collier. Combining folktale motifs with burlesque humor and elements of chansons and chivalric romances, The Tale of Charlemagne and Ralph the Collier is a lively but little-read story of medieval courtesy, hospitality, and knighthood. This translation, the first into modern English, emulates the 75 thirteen-line rhyming, alliterative stanzas of the original. Light annotations, a brief introduction, and a bibliography help introduce modern readers to this strange and entertaining romance that W.R.J. Barron dubbed technically and creatively the best of the English texts on the Matter of France.

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