![]() ![]() Translated from the French by Naomi Lewis. Professors Ferrante & Hanning have not only given us a marvelous new translation of Marie's stories but have provided as well an informative introduction, an enterpretative essay for each tale & a set of footnotes that explain medieval concepts and details to the modern reader." Contents include: Intro / Prologue / Guigemar / Equitan / Le Fresne / Bisclavret / Lanval / Les Deus Amanz / Yonec / Laustic / Milun / Chaitivel / Chevrefoil / Eliduc / Selective Bibliography. ![]() She composed the lais (short verse stories that resemble fairy tales) sometime between 1160 & 1199. She might have been the illegitimate sister of Henry II and hence the sister-in-law of Eleanor of Aquitaine or she might have been the abbess of Reading. "We know very little about Marie de France besides her name, her work & her position as the first major woman writer in medieval Europe. The scan you see is the book you get, Large soft cover (roughly) 9" by 6" (inches), flat uncreased spine, clean square & tight, 238 pages, Near Fine condition. ![]()
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