| Guillaume d'Orange: Four Twelfth-Century Epics Contributor(s): D'Orange, Guillaume (Author), Ferrante, Joan M. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0231038097 ISBN-13: 9780231038096 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $108.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Medieval - Literary Criticism | European - French - Poetry | European - General |
| Dewey: 841.1 |
| LCCN: 91008406 |
| Series: Records of Western Civilization |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.22 lbs) 311 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Guillaume d'Orange is the most extensive epic cycle of the Middle Ages. Set in the ninth century, the poems on the life of William of Orange grew out of several centuries of oral composition and were written down for the first time in the twelfth century. Changing and growing through the years, the poems reflect historical events from the ninth to the twelfth century. Joan M. Ferrante writes in the Introduction, "History tells us little of the medieval William of Orange, but legend tells us a great deal. From the legends grew the most extensive epic cycle of the Middle Ages." |