ENGLISHLATIN

Ecbasis cuiusdam captivi per tropologiam - Escape of a Certain Captive Told in a Figurative Manner: An Eleventh-Century Latin Beast Epic

By Edwin H. Zeydel (transl.)

Book information

Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Year
1964
ISBN
080788846X, 9780807888469, 9781469658643
Language
englishlatin
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8056199 bytes)
Series
University of North Carolina Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures, 46
Pages
124\126
Topic
Literature
Time added
2021-11-14 23:23:11

Description

Translated by Edwin H. Zeydel. The oldest medieval beast epic was translated literally into English prose for the first time in this volume, with Latin on facing pages. The introduction and commentary by Zeydel familiarize the reader with the history and value of the text and constituted a new approach, arguing for the inclusion of Latin literature composed in what is now Germany in the history of German literature. PREFACE CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1. The Importance of the 'Ecbasis'; its Contents 2. The Middle Latin Literature of Germany as German Literature 3. Manuscripts and Title 4. Date and Authorship 5. The Plot 6. A Critique of the Ecbasis 7. The Ecbasis as a Cento 8. Translations 9. Interpolation TEXT Latin English APPENDIX: The Fable "Aegrum fama fuit..." COMMENTARY

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