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Publication
Adam & Charles Black (1911). 132p.
Description
A comic masterpiece of medieval French literature, Aucassin and Nicolette is categorized by its anonymous author as a "chantefable," or "song-story," and is the only known work of this kind. This edition includes the thirteenth-century French text and a modern English translation on facing pages. An introduction outlines the text's background, genre, literary relations, historical contexts, major themes, and relevance to a contemporary audience. Its alternating sections of verse and prose recount a story of love between the aristocratic but distinctly unheroic young lord Aucassin and his belo
Original publication date
1280
Physical description
131 p.; 25.4 cm
Local notes
An illustrated edition of the medieval French love story Aucassin and Nicolette.
One of 3000 copies, 6 illustrations. Part of Black's 7s6d series.
One of 3000 copies, 6 illustrations. Part of Black's 7s6d series.