CARRELLO vai al carrello ▶
Libri
Totale
SPESE DI SPEDIZIONE GRATIS
PER IMPORTI SUPERIORI A
35 € IN ITALIA
80 € IN EUROPAlimiti e condizioni
▶
#316971 Letteratura Medievale

Aiol. A Chanson de Geste. First English Translation.

Curatore: ,Translation by Sandra C. Malicote and A. Richard Hartman.
Editore: Italica Press.
Data di pubbl.:
Lingua: Francese
Dettagli: cm.14x21, pp.300, brossura,copertina figurata a colori

Abstract: This "chanson de geste" records the exploits of the young knight, Aiol, as he reclaims by word and deed his father’s and mother’s unjustly stolen heritage. He gains the love of a Saracen princess who converts when she is convinced, by his warrior prowess, of the truth of the Christian god. He then aids the French King Louis in ending a debilitating war led by rebellious vassals and (in an allusion to the Fourth Crusade) similarly helps Emperor Grasien, king of Venice, to end his own war against an enemy to the East. Aiol’s deeds ultimately bring justice to the kingdom of France. But the poem is far more than the tale itself. "Aiol," like many other crusading and romance epics, recreates both the Christian culture of the West and the Islamic culture of the Levant. Poets writing in medieval French created richly textured literary metaphors or fictions about both the Christian and Muslim world, and they were themselves well aware that even though they were treating historically-based materials, they were also fabricating fictions and fictive truths, tropes and figures as literary art. "Aiol’s" literary allusions and fictive representations suggest a sophistication on the part of the chanson’s authors, who wrote for courts that knew well and first-hand the Muslim world. By the time of "Aiol’s" composition there had long been fruitful cultural, trade — as well as military — interaction between the “two worlds.” Islamic scholars were respected in intellectual circles in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and translators briskly adapted works of Arabic science and medicine for the readers of Latin Europe. Around 80 Old French epics are known from surviving 13th-century manuscripts. These were preserved and passed down by the aristocratic families who had commissioned them and financed their preparation. These poems, often called genealogical epics, served a number of purposes, from entertainment at important courtly occasions, such as marriages and investitures, to edification and instruction in the vernacular of the courtly world. Excerpts of these “songs of deeds” or "chansons de geste" were also publicly sung after Sunday Mass for the entertainment and instruction of the ordinary people. The institutions of the monarchy, social class, marriage and the family are explored and developed in a poetic enterprise that gave life to what might otherwise have become an academic debate. Dialectical argument structures the entire work into a richly instructive, psychologically compelling and socially pleasing whole. Taken together with "Elye of Saint Gilles," "Aiol" has become known as the "geste de Saint Gilles," because both poems relate events in the lives of Julien of Saint Gilles, a literary epic hero first found in "Le Couronnement de Louis," and Julien’s son, Elye and Elye’s son, Aiol. The 2 poems are preserved in one richly decorated and ornamented manuscript, the BNFfr 25516. It has been proposed that this geste was presented at the Parisian court of Philip Augustus for the lavish, festive wedding in 1212 of Jeanne of Constantinople, countess of Flanders, to Ferrand of Portugal. Jeanne was the daughter of Count Baldwin of Flanders & Hainaut, who had, during the 4th Crusade, been elected emperor of the Latin Empire at Constantinople. Hartman & Malicote’s edition and translation is based on BNFfr 25516 and on the critical editions of W. Foerster & of J. Normand & G. Raynaud. As with their edition of "Elye of Saint Gilles," the editors have chosen simplicity and directness of approach. The translation remains faithful to the spirit and meaning of the Old French poem; creating a lively, interesting and engaging text that allows the reader to savor the rich intellectual and artistic context of the original. Derived from the original Italica Press dual-language edition, the English-only version is ideal for undergraduate use. It includes 11 illustrations, introduction, notes, sample of original French, select bibliography.

EAN: 9781599102870
CondizioniNuovo
EUR 28.00
Ultima copia
Aggiungi al Carrello

Visualizzati di recente...

#191979 Libri e Giochi per Bambini e Ragazzi
Versione integrale. Varese, Crescere Edizioni 2013, cm.13x20, pp.477, brossura con copertina figurata con bandelle. Collana La Biblioteca dei Ragazzi. Ivanhoe è ritenuto uno dei primi romanzi storici :le vicende si svolgono nell'inghilterra del XII secolo ai tempi della contrapposizione tra i Normanni vincitori e i Sassoni, popolazioni diverse costrette a condividere la stessa terra. Il protagonista del romanzo, Wilfred di Ivanhoe, è un sassone, ma suo padre Cedric lo ha diseredato, perché deciso a seguire il re normanno Riccardo I nella Terza Crociata. Inoltre Cedric ha combinato il matrimonio della ragazza amata da Wilfred con un altro nobile. Nelle sue intenzioni queste nozze dovrebbero condurre all'unione le varie fazioni sassoni, che così potrebbero trovare la forza di ribellarsi ai Normanni e di sconfiggerli. Questi sono gli antefatti di Ivanhoe, supportati da uno studio accurato e approfondito dell'autore, il quale si era documentato ampiamente su quel determinato periodo storico, in modo da ambientare la trama del suo romanzo nella maniera più coerente possibile. E in questa capacità di unire la Storia e la Letteratura, insieme a una trama orchestrata in maniera magistrale, ricca di colpi di scena ed episodi mozzafiato, risiede la grande forza dell'opera di Sir Walter Scott, che ancora oggi continua ad affascinare i lettori. Età di lettura: da 10 anni.

EAN: 9788883373114
Nuovo
EUR 11.90
-42%
EUR 6.90
Disponibile
#319176 Letteratura Medievale
Traduzione di Anna Maria Speckel. Illustrazioni di Charles Keeping. Bergamo, Editrice Janus 1970, cm.14x22, pp.92, legatura editoriale cartonata, sopraccoperta figurata. Collana Usi Costumi Folclore.
Usato, molto buono
EUR 14.00
Ultima copia
#326958 Letteratura Straniera Opere
Montpellier, Coulet et fils Editeurs 1907, cm.14x21,5, pp.VI,399. legatura moderna in tela arancione. Copertine originali mantenute internamente. Collection Travaux et Memoirs de Montepellier, Serie Litteraire,1. Edizione orifùginale.

Lingua: Francese
Usato, molto buono
EUR 55.00
Ultima copia
#327924 Letteratura Straniera Opere
Traduzione e introduzione di Roberto Sanesi. Milano, Rusconi 1971, cm.15x22,5, pp.284, brossura con sopraccoperta. Collana di Poesia.
Usato, buono
Note: presenti alcune sottolineature alle prime pagine dell ' introduzione.
EUR 15.00
Ultima copia