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The Lais of Marie de France: With Two Further Lais in the Original Old French (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Lais of Marie de France: With Two Further Lais in the Original Old FrenchMarie de France (fl late twelfth century) is the earliest known French woman poet and her lais - stories in verse based on Breton tales of chivalry and romance - are among the finest of the genre. This book takes a subtle and complex view of courtly love.
Full description- Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
- Published: 01 June 1999
- Format: Paperback 176 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Poetry By Individual Poets
- ISBN 13: 9780140447590 ISBN 10: 0140447598
- Sales rank: 93,259
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Marie de France (fl. late twelfth century) is the earliest known French woman poet and her lais - stories in verse based on Breton tales of chivalry and romance - are among the finest of the genre. Recounting the trials and tribulations of lovers, the lais inhabit a powerfully realized world where very real human protagonists act out their lives against fairy-tale elements of magical beings, potions and beasts. "De France" takes a subtle and complex view of courtly love, whether telling the story of the knight who betrays his fairy mistress or describing the noblewoman who embroiders her sad tale on the shroud for a nightingale killed by a jealous and suspicious husband.
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