Le roman de la manekine

Edited from Paris BNF fr. 1588 and Translated by Barbara N. Sargent-Baur
Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-90-420-0614-0
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Französisch, Band 159, 675 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 1424 g

Reihe: Faux Titre

Le Roman de la Manekine marks the beginning of its author's literary career. Philippe de Remi, on whom much attention has focused in the last two decades, was an unusual figure: a 13th-century land-holder and professional administrator who loved literature and who produced a large and varied corpus of narrative and lyric. Here is presented for the first time since 1884 a scholarly edition of Philippe's first romance, a tale centering on a heroine of great courage and integrity who passes through many trials without losing hope.
The text is accompanied by a line-by-line English version, and by extensive commentary touching on the author, his milieu, and the literary context and major themes of the romance. Studies of the manuscript (Paris BNF fr 1588), its illustrations (all of them reproduced), and its history, have been provided by Alison Stones and Roger Middleton. The volume should be of interest to specialists in medieval French literature, to general readers who find English translations useful, and to scholars in the fields of medieval art and manuscript history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Remi, Philippe de

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface. THE MANUSCRIPT, PARIS BNF fr. 1588, AND ITS ILLUSTRATIONS (Alison Stones). Description of the Manuscript. The Artistic Context. Illustrations. THE HISTORY OF PARIS BNF fr. 1588 (Roger Middleton). INTRODUCTION TO LA MANEKINE (Barbara N. Sargent-Baur). The Author. The Dating of the Text. Summary and Chronology. A Note on Internal Time. Elements of the Tale. The Language of the Author. The Language of the Scribes. The Establishment of the Text. The Translation. TEXT AND FACING TRANSLATION. NOTES ON THE TEXT.