New PDF release: The Lays of Marie de France (Mingling Voices)

By David R. Slavitt

ISBN-10: 1927356350

ISBN-13: 9781927356357

The twelve “lays” of Marie de France, the earliest recognized French girl poet, are the following provided in sprightly English verse by means of poet and translator David R. Slavitt. conventional Breton folktales have been the uncooked fabric for Marie de France’s sequence of full of life yet profound concerns of affection, lifestyles, dying, constancy and betrayal, and good fortune and destiny. they give acute observations concerning the offerings that ladies make, startling within the past due 12th century and difficult even at the present time. Combining a woman’s knowledge with a powerful technical bravura, the lays are a minor treasure of ecu culture.

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