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Waldef : a French romance from Medieval England / translated by Ivana Djordjević, Nicole Clifton, and Judith Weiss.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Foundations
- Standardized Title:
- Roman de Waldef. English
- Language:
- English
- French, Old (ca. 842-1300)
- Subjects (All):
- Romances--Translations into English.
- Romances.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (250 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- The fast-moving romance plot of this early thirteenth-century tale recounts the ancestry and exploits of Waldef and his two sons, set against a history of pre-Conquest England. The narrative shares themes and incident types with other important insular romances, including the Lai of Haveloc, Boeve de Haumtone, and Gui de Warewic. Waldef's scope, interest in battle, and political stratagems bear reading alongside medieval chronicles, while secret love affairs connect it with other romance literature of the period, and adventures across a wide area of the known world provide affinities with medieval travel narrative.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Brief Plot Summary
- Date, Author, Audience
- Sources and Influences
- Themes and Issues
- Style and Aesthetic Qualities
- The Manuscript and Its Readership
- Note on the Text and Translation
- Suggested Further Reading
- Waldef.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Jun 2021).
- ISBN:
- 1-64189-406-7
- OCLC:
- 1245662693
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