The Art of Medieval French RomanceDouglas Kelly provides a comprehensive and historically valid analysis of the art of medieval French romance as the romancers themselves describe it. He focuses on well-known writers, such as Chrétien de Troyes and Marie de France, and also draws on a wide range of other sources—prose romances, non-Arthurian romances, thirteenth-century verse romances, and variant versions from the later Middle Ages. |
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... rien de inperfection , " Q “ N'i ot riens de parfeccion . " Lucien Foulet comments on 12135 , s.v. parfescion : “ ce dernier vers n'est pas clair , plusieurs explications sont possibles , nous proposons celle qui nous paraît la plus ...
... rien ad- jouster aux faitz de nouvel ; car se je disoye : " celluy tua celluy , et celluy navra l'autre , " et m'en passasse aussi briefvement que fait le latin , on vous auroit tan- tost tout compté , et si n'y auriez plaisance à l ...
... rien mesaveneit , Par le bien faire le covreit : Ço savez bien , haute proëce Abaisse bien cri de laidece . ( Troie 5323-26 ) 133 [ And if there were anything unattractive about him , he made up for it by his fine conduct . Rest assured ...