Song of Roland Oxford Text and English Translation

Name: Song of Roland Oxford Text and English Translation
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ISBN: 9780271023199

ISBN-10: 0271023198

ISBN-13: 9780271023199

Edition: 1978

Authors: Gerard J. Brault

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Published to observe the twelfth centenary of the Battle of Roncevaux, the event that inspired the Chanson de Roland, this edition provides the first systematic analysis of the entire poem. Professor Brault's edition also incorporates the considerable scholarly work done in the half century since the Bedier and Jenkins editions appeared.The underlying theme of this new edition is that the poem is a Christian hero. As imagined by the poet Turoldus- writing about 1100, at the time of the First Crusade- Roland, the nephew of Charlemagne, had no faults and accomplished mighty deeds in warring against the Saracens. The introduction compares the known historical facts about the Battle of…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1978
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 9/15/1978
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 292
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.188