Author: A. Th Bouwman
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
ISBN: 908964024X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 369
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An entertaining reworking of the most popular branch of the Old French tale of Reynard the Fox, the mid-thirteenth century Dutch epic Van den vos Reynaerde is one of the earliest long literary works in the Dutch vernacular. Sly Reynaert and a cast of other comical woodland characters find themselves again and again caught up in escapades that often provide a satirical commentary on human society. This charmingly volume is the first bilingual edition of the tale, featuring facing pages with an English translation by Thea Summerfield, making the undisputed masterpiece of medieval Dutch literature accessible to a wide international audience. Accompanying the critical text and parallel translation are an introduction, interpretative notes, an index of names, a complete glossary, and a short introduction to Middle Dutch.
Author: William J. Thoms
Publisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9780469598300
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Author: Joseph Jacinto Mora
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
ISBN: 9781437089103
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author: Samuel Naylor
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Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 452
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Author: Clifton Johnson
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Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Author: Thomas W. Best
Publisher: Boston : Twayne Publishers
ISBN: 9780805765205
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Reynard the Fox is a literary cycle of medieval allegorical Dutch, English, French and German fables. The first extant versions of the cycle date from the second half of the 12th century. The genre was popular throughout the Late Middle Ages, as well as in chapbook form throughout the Early Modern period. The stories are largely concerned with the main character Reynard, an anthropomorphic red fox, trickster figure. His adventures usually involve his deceiving other anthropomorphic animals for his own advantage or trying to avoid their retaliatory efforts. His main enemy and victim across the cycle is his uncle, the wolf, Isengrim (or Ysengrim).
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Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Category : Foxes
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 052091211X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 190
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Renard the Fox is the first modern translation into English of one of the most important and influential medieval books. Valued for its comic spirit, its high literary quality, and its clever satire of feudal society, the tale uses animals to represent the members of various classes. This lively and accessible translation will be welcomed for courses in medieval literature and history, gender studies, and humanities, and will be a treat for the general reader as well.
