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A Companion to Marie de France (Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition)

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2011
ISBN
900420217X, 9789004202177
LCC
PQ1495 .W42 2011
Google Books ID
QvsWtwAACAAJ
Open Library ID
OL24906095M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1775609 bytes)
Series
Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition volume 27
Pages
351\351
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

After nearly eight centuries and much research and writing on Marie de France, the only biographical information we know about her, with any degree of certainty, is that she was from France and wrote for the Anglo-Angevin court of Henry II. Yet Marie de France remains today one of the most prominent literary voices of the end of the 12th century and was the first woman of letters to write in French. The chapters in this book are composed by scholars who have specialized in Marie de France studies, in most cases for many years. Offering traditional views alongside new critical perspectives, the authors discuss many different aspects of her poetics.

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