The Lais of Marie De France
With Two Further Lais in the Original Old French
Marie France author Glyn Burgess translator Keith Busby editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Published:25th Mar '99
Should be back in stock very soon
The lais are a unique form depicting a moment of crisis in a love relationship
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. This book takes a subtle and complex view of courtly love.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.
ISBN: 9780140447590
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 10mm
Weight: 134g
176 pages