The Vie de Saint Alexis in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries An Edition and Commentary / by Alison Goddard Elliott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Elliott, Alison Goddard.

Series:

North Carolina studies in the Romance languages and literatures ; Number 221.

North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures ; Number 221

Standardized Title:

Vie de saint Alexis.

Language:

Multiple languages

Subjects (All):

Alexius, Saint--In literature.

Alexius, Saint--Legends--Poetry.

Vie de saint Alexis.

Alexius,-Saint-Legends-Poetry.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : Distributed by University of North Carolina Press, 1983.

Summary:

The first work of genuine literary merit in Old French is the Vie de saint Alexis , and later reworkings of it attest to its popularity.This volume offers two editions: a twelfth-century edition that was published inaccurately by Gaston Paris, and a thirteenth-century version that has not been published.

Contents:

Cover

THE VIE DE SAINT ALEXIS IN THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES: AN EDITION AND COMMENTARY

Title

Copyright

Dedication

PREFACE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I. History of the Text

II. Literary Analysis

1. The Sinning Saint: Alexis S

2. Alexis M2

III. Style

IV. Conclusion

V. Principles of this Edition

VI. Versification and Language

LI ROUMANS DE SAINT ALESSIN [S]

S: Apparatus criticus

Notes to the Text

VERS D'ALEXIS [M2]

M2: Apparatus criticus

INDEX OF PROPER NAMES

WORKS CITED

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

English and Old French.

Includes text in Old French of two versions of La vie de saint Alexis: "C'est li roumans de Saint Alessin [S]" and "Vers d'Alexis [M2]."

Bibliography: p. [201]-206.

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ISBN:

1-4696-4289-1

OCLC:

1080551686