Full Description
L'Istoire le roy Charlemaine is one of the very last still unpublished chansons de geste in French literature, since until recently scholars have neglected the genre of late medieval remaniements and compilations to which it belongs. This critical edition of the 23,348 line poem will be greatly appreciated by French and medieval scholars. Preface and introduction in English, text and notes in French.
Contents
Preface; Avant-propos; Introductionpolitique et religieuse; date de l'oeuvre; les sources du Charlemagne; valeur esthetique de l'oeuvre; Analyse du poeme; Les manuscrits; Langue du manuscrit de base; Choix et etablissement du texte; Procedes metriques et rimes; L'Istoire le roy Charlemaine; Bibliographie; Index nominum; Glossaire
