Lays of Marie de FrancePaperback softback
Lays of Marie de FrancePaperback softback The twelve "lays" of the mysterious medieval poet Marie de France are here presented in sprightly English verse by poet and translator David R. Slavitt. They…
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Lays of Marie de FrancePaperback softback
The twelve "lays" of the mysterious medieval poet Marie de France are here presented in sprightly English verse by poet and translator David R. Slavitt. They offer acute observations about the choices that women make, startling in the late twelfth century and challenging even today. Traditional Breton folktales were the raw material for Marie de France's series of lively but profound considerations of love, life, death, fidelity and betrayal, and luck and fate.
It was with some shame that he explained how, in the wood, he lived on whatever prey he could capture and kill. Combining a keen wit with an impressive technical bravura, the lays are a minor treasure of European culture. ... She digested this and then inquired of him what his costume was in these bizarre forays.
"Lady, werewolves are completely naked," was his reply.She
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