An Introduction to Old French

An Introduction to Old French
Author: William W. Kibler
Publisher: Modern Language Assn of Amer
Total Pages: 366
Release: 1984
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780873522922

The first section, on the grammar, presents reading selections from Marie de France's lai "Fresne" and selections in two major literary dialects of Old French--Anglo-Norman and Picard. These are followed by chapters on Old French morphology and syntax; phonology sections are included at the end of each chapter. Contains a glossary, an index, and a select bibliography.

Old French Fairy Tales

Old French Fairy Tales
Author: Sophie Segur
Publisher: Applewood Books
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2010-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1429011866

This 1920 collection includes five timeless French fairy tales written by Comtesse De Segur and illustrated by the 19 year old Virginia Sterrett.

Old French

Old French
Author: E. Einhorn
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1974
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780521098380

A concise but unusually comprehensive handbook for the students of Old French. Based on Dr Einhorn's very successful introductory lecture course for undergraduates, this book describes the phonology, morphology and syntax of standard Old French, paying attention also to the main dialect forms. There are numerous examples in the text; the book also gives representative passages of some length, and a glossary. Students taking university courses and scholars teaching themselves should find in this book an ideal combination of features in a handy format.

An Old French Trilogy

An Old French Trilogy
Author: Catherine Mary Jones
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: Cycles (Literature)
ISBN: 9780813066462

This volume offers a broad and rich view of the tradition of Old French epic poetry, or chansons de geste, by providing an updated English translation of three central poems from the twelfth-century Guillaume d'Orange cycle.

The Prophet of Islam in Old French: The Romance of Muhammad (1258) and The Book of Muhammad's Ladder (1264)

The Prophet of Islam in Old French: The Romance of Muhammad (1258) and The Book of Muhammad's Ladder (1264)
Author: Reginald Hyatte
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 215
Release: 1997-04-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004247297

The Prophet of Islam in Old French gives the first English translation of the only medieval French narratives that present comprehensive accounts of Muhammad's prophethood: Alexandre du Pont's Romance of Muhammad from 1258 and the 1264 translation of a Muslim apocalypse, The Book of Muhammad's Ladder. The introduction addresses the problems of the romance's divergence from conventional Christian representations of Muhammad's confirmation as prophet and the absence of Christian commentary in the apocalypse. It discusses the traditions regarding Muhammad's prophethood, the conventions of the apocalyptic genre, and the propagandistic aims of both narratives in relation to the crusades and missionary activity at that time. These works are of particular interest because they are the first to present to a French lay audience the topic of Muhammad's prophethood, and scholars have long debated whether the apocalypse influenced Dante's Divine Comedy.

The Old French Narrative Lay

The Old French Narrative Lay
Author: Glyn Sheridan Burgess
Publisher: DS Brewer
Total Pages: 154
Release: 1995
Genre: French poetry
ISBN: 9780859914789

Bibliographical guide to the Old French narrative lay, listing editions, translations, critical studies and reviews. This volume presents an analytical bibliography of twenty narrative lays written in French in the late twelfth or early thirteenth centuries - Aristote, Conseil, Cor, Desiré, Doon, Espervier, Espine, Graelent, Guingamor, Haveloc, Ignaure, Lecheor, Mantel, Melion, Nabaret, Oiselet, Ombre, Trot, Tydorel and Tyolet -seeking to provide a complete list of the editions, translations, and substantial studies which have been devoted to them over theyears. The choice of the 20 poems corresponds to Donovan's The Breton Lay, the only synthesis so far available on this topic in English. Most references are accompanied by a summary which analyses their contribution to thetopic under discussion, covering the item's significance and interest, and items found in works of reference and briefer studies forming part of books or articles are included where appropriate. Each individual bibliography is intended to stand independently, with full references given in each case for editions and translation; cross-references to important items found in other parts of the volume are given at the end of each bibliography. The twenty partsare preceded by a general section which lists contributions to more than one lay. Professor GLYN BURGESSteaches in the Department of French at the University of Liverpool.

New Perspectives on the Sacred and the Secular in Old French and Old Provençal Poetry

New Perspectives on the Sacred and the Secular in Old French and Old Provençal Poetry
Author: Cyril Aslanov
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2019-01-14
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1527524949

This book delves into the question of the coexistence, convergence, and opposition between the sacred and the secular as reflected in Old French and Old Provençal poetry from the early to the late central Middle Ages, that is from the end of the ninth century until the thirteenth century. It breaks the boundaries between the intratextual dimension and the cultural and historical context wherefrom the texts emanated, in order to reassess the role of sacredness in the civilizational landscape of France and Occitania during the golden age of Old French and Old Provençal poetry. It will interest not only Romanists, but also historians, specialists of the history of religions, and students and scholars of general and comparative literature.