The Continuations of the Old French "Perceval" of Chrétien de Troyes, Volume 2

The Continuations of the Old French
Author: William Roach
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 632
Release: 2017-01-30
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1512817112

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Lai de L'Oiselet: an Old French Poem of the Thirteenth Century

Lai de L'Oiselet: an Old French Poem of the Thirteenth Century
Author: Lenora Wolfgang
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2007-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781422374221

Provides a complete & accurate text of a poem, ¿Lai de l¿Oiselet¿, that has long been available only in outdated or partial editions. Brings up-to-date & gathers in one place as much info. as possible about the origins of the story & its many analogues. Contents: (I) Synopsis of the Story; (II) Manuscripts; (III) Editions of the Story; (IV) Sources & Analogues of the Story: The ¿Barlaam & Josaphat¿; The ¿Disciplina clericalis¿; The ¿Chastoiement,¿Trois Savoirs,¿ & ¿Donnei des Amants¿; Thematic Sources: The ¿locus amoenus¿; Generic & Stylistic Observations; (V) The Present Edition: The Choice of the Base Manuscript; Conclusions: Editorial Principles; Bibliography; Text of the Story; Rejected Readings of Ms ¿B¿; Diplomatic Texts; & Glossary. Illus.

Le Lai de l'oiselet

Le Lai de l'oiselet
Author: Lenora D. Wolfgang
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
Total Pages: 144
Release: 1990
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9780871698056

This edition of Lai de l'Oiselet was undertaken in order to provide a complete and accurate text of a poem that has long been available only in outdated or partial editions. The critical study was intended to bring up to date and to gather in one place as much information as possible about the origins of the story and its many analogues.