The Chanson des chétifs and Chanson de Jérusalem : completing the central trilogy of the Old French crusade cycle /

The Chanson des chétifs and Chanson de Jérusalem : completing the central trilogy of the Old French crusade cycle /

"The publication of this new translation of the Jérusalem and the Chétifs allows readers to take a complete view of this poetic trilogy about the First Crusade as the author originally intended. It makes accessible to readers the central texts of one of the key epic cycles of Old French literat...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sweetenham, Carol (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Old French
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England : Burlington, VT, USA : Ashgate Publishing Limited ; Ashgate Publishing Company, [2016]
Series:Crusade texts in translation ; 29.
Subjects:
Chétifs.
Chanson de Jérusalem.
Crusades > First, 1096-1099 > Poetry.
Epic poetry, French > Translations into English.
Chansons de geste > Translations into English.
Epic poetry, French > History and criticism.
Chansons de geste > History and criticism.
Crusades in literature.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction. Introduction : from Antioch to Jerusalem by way of Oliferne
  • The Chanson des chétifs
  • The Chanson de Jérusalem
  • The Antioche, the Chétifs and the Jérusalem : the central trilogy of the Old French crusade cycle
  • Editions used and principles of translation
  • Translations. Plot summaries
  • La Chanson des chétifs
  • La Chanson des chétifs : selected variants
  • The Chanson de Jérusalem
  • Appendices. Table of rhymes by laisse number
  • Table of names and places