Song of Roland A New Verse Translation with Introduction

Name: Song of Roland A New Verse Translation with Introduction
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ISBN: 9781599102603

ISBN-10: 1599102609

ISBN-13: 9781599102603

Edition: 2011

Authors: Michael A. Newth

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"The Song of Roland" is acknowledged today as the first masterpiece of French vernacular literature and one of the world's greatest epic poems. The earliest extant example of a medieval "chanson de geste" ("song of deeds"), its four thousand lines represent the most famous literary celebration of Carolingian mythology from the Middle Ages. Written down around the year 1090, the Song of Roland's finely crafted verses tell of the betrayal and defeat of Charlemagne's beloved nephew at the Pass of Roncevaux in the Pyrenees and of the revenge subsequently sought on his behalf. Although the identity of the surviving work's author cannot be known with certainty, his poetic genius cannot be…