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GESTA ROMANORUM
A NEW TRANSLATION |
| By: |
Christopher Stace (Trans), Nigel Harris, Anke Bernau |
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Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0719097150 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780719097157 |
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| Publisher: |
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2016 |
| Series: |
Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture |
| Pages: |
544 |
| Description: |
This is the most complete translation ever attempted of these moral tales, and will be a valuable source text for all scholars and students of medieval literature. -- . |
| Synopsis: |
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 OEsterley, 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. -- . |
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UK |
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Manchester University Press |
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