{"product_id":"twenty-four-lays-from-the-french-middle-ages-9781781383360","title":"Twenty-Four Lays from the French Middle Ages","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis prose translation of twenty-four lays from the French Middle Ages brings to the general reader as well as to scholars a complement to the twelve well-known lays by Marie de France, the possible creator of the genre. These lays are mostly anonymous, and the majority, but by no means all of them, are, like Marie’s lays, centred on a love interest of some kind in a variety of settings. But, unlike Marie’s lays, their treatment varies from the courtly and sophisticated to the comic or the tragic, thereby illustrating the range of poems covered by the term lai in twelfth- and thirteenth-century France. A significant number of these lays, based in the courtly world, contain supernatural elements or magic objects that are fundamental to the story as it is related, and sometimes the heroes leave the real world to dwell forever in an otherworldly domain. Other lays have a more mundane feel to them and seem closer to the fabliau in tone. In one instance, the lay of Haveloc, the tale owes more to legendary history than to pure fantasy. Overall, this collection stakes a claim to make an important contribution to the Medieval French lay within the wider European tradition of the short story and the literature of love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReviews 'With this volume, and the projects which have preceded it, Burgess and Brook are to be congratulated for their work in ensuring greater prominence for these lays, and in widening resources for use in comparative and interdisciplinary scholarship.'\u003cbr\u003eAlison Williams, \u003ci\u003eModern Language Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This volume is suitable for use in the classroom as well as for enjoyment by the general reader.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'[Twenty-Four Lays from the French Middle Ages] will no doubt result in new perspectives for any English speaking researcher interested in medieval literature... We can only applaud the work done to give more visibility and accessibility to texts that actually deserve more attention, both from specialists than a wider audience.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVirgile Reiter, \u003ci\u003eCahiers de civilisation médiévale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTranslated from French,\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'[Twenty-Four Lays from the French Middle Ages] qui entraînera sans doute de nouvelles perspectives pour tout chercheur anglophone s’intéressant à la littérature médiévale... Nous ne pouvons effectivement qu’applaudir le travail fourni pour donner plus de visibilité et d’accessibilité à des textes qui méritent effectivement plus d’attention, aussi bien de la part des spécialistes que d’un public plus large.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eManuscripts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMagic and Mystery\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Melion\u003cbr\u003e2. Tyolet\u003cbr\u003e3. Graelent\u003cbr\u003e4. Guingamor\u003cbr\u003e5. Desiré\u003cbr\u003e6. Doon\u003cbr\u003e7. Espine\u003cbr\u003e8. Tydorel\u003cbr\u003e9. Trot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFun and Games\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10. Mantel\u003cbr\u003e11. Cor\u003cbr\u003e12. Aristote\u003cbr\u003e13. Lecheor\u003cbr\u003e14. Ignaure\u003cbr\u003e15. Oiselet\u003cbr\u003e16. Espervier\u003cbr\u003e17. Nabaret\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePassion and Tears\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e18. Piramus and Thisbe\u003cbr\u003e19. Narcisus and Dané\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRomance and Realism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e20. The Chastelaine de Vergi\u003cbr\u003e21. The Lai de l’Ombre\u003cbr\u003e22. Amours\u003cbr\u003e23. Conseil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Lay as History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e24. Haveloc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex of Proper Names","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50469970674007,"sku":"9781781383360","price":109.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781781383360.jpg?v=1744897046","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/twenty-four-lays-from-the-french-middle-ages-9781781383360","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}