The Song of Roland and other poems of Charlemagne / translated and with an introduction and notes by Simon Gaunt and Karen Pratt.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Description
xxxi, 242 pages : maps ; 20 cm.

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    Series
    Oxford world's classics [More in this series]
    Summary note
    "Presented here in a [new] translation, The Song of Roland offers fascinating insights into medieval ideas about heroism, masculinity, religion, race and nationhood which were foundational for modern European culture. [It] is accompanied here by tow other medieval French epics about Charlemagne, both of which show him to be a far more equivocal figure than that portrayed by the Roland: the Occitan Daurel and Beton, in which he is a corrupt and avaricious monarch; and the Journey of Charlemagne to Jerusalem and Constantinople, which gives the heroes of the Roland a comic makeover."--Back cover.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages xxix-xxxi) and index.
    Language note
    Translated from medieval French.
    Contents
    • The song of Roland
    • Daurel and Beton
    • Charlemagne's journey to Jerusalem and Constantinople.
    Other title(s)
    • Chanson de Roland. English. (Gaunt and Pratt)
    • Daurel et Beton. English.
    • Voyage de Charlemagne à Jérusalem et à Constantinople. English.
    ISBN
    • 9780199655540 ((paperback))
    • 0199655545 ((paperback))
    LCCN
    2016935436
    OCLC
    944463039
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