Gesta Romanorum: A new translation - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0719097150 ISBN 13: 9780719097157

Casa editrice: Manchester Univ Pr, 2016

Riassunto

This volume contains an entirely new and accessible translation into modern English of the medieval Latin Gesta Romanorum. Based on the standard Gesta edition by Hermann Österley, it is the first such translation to appear since 1824, and the first to take appropriate account of modern scholarly priorities. The Gesta Romanorum are tales drawn from a wide variety of sources, such as classical mythology, legend and historical chronicles, and are accompanied in almost every case by allegorical Christian interpretations. They were enormously popular throughout the Middle Ages, and had a huge influence on many other authors, such as Boccaccio, Chaucer, Gower, Hoccleve, Shakespeare, Bernard Shaw and Thomas Mann. The Gesta is therefore a foundational work of western European literature as well as one whose lively, well-crafted and often entertaining narratives hold a continuing appeal for contemporary readers.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Christopher Stace is an Independent Scholar and Translator

Nigel Harris is Reader in German at the University of Birmingham

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Manchester Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0719097150
• ISBN 13: 9780719097157
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 502