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Robert de Clari (died c. 1220), a member of the Lesser Picard nobility from the vicinity of Amiens, left a chronicle of the Fourth Crusade in which he took part. This is an important work in the study of the development of the French language, because it is one of the first original prose texts in French, neither translated from Latin nor resulting from "prosification" of verse-compositions.

Professor Dembrowski's study is a close analysis of language and style, revealing Robert de Clari's ability in the narration of short anecdotes and in the reproduction of dialogue.

University of Toronto Romance Series, Number 6.

La Chronique de Robert de Clari

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      Publisher University of Toronto Press
      Published 15 December 1963
      ISBN-13 9781442639850
      978-1442639850
      ISBN-10 1442639857
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      Historical and comparative linguistics Literature: history and criticism

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Robert de Clari (died c. 1220), a member of the Lesser Picard nobility from the vicinity of Amiens, left a chronicle of the Fourth Crusade in which he took part. This is an important work in the study of the development of the French language, because it is one of the first original prose texts in French, neither translated from Latin nor resulting from "prosification" of verse-compositions.

      Professor Dembrowski's study is a close analysis of language and style, revealing Robert de Clari's ability in the narration of short anecdotes and in the reproduction of dialogue.

      University of Toronto Romance Series, Number 6.

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