"Blandin de Cornoalha", A Comic Occitan Romance by Wendy Pfeffer

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A new edition and translation of a comic medieval romance from the south of France.

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"Blandin de Cornoalha", A Comic Occitan Romance by Wendy Pfeffer

The volume makes available for the first time in English an edition of the medieval romance Blandin de Cornoalha, accompanied by a translation and introduction to the work. Composed in the second half of the fourteenth century by an anonymous author, the story offers the first recording of the Sleeping Beauty folktale, incorporated into the adventures of two knights. Many elements in the romance are comic, suggesting that Blandin is not simply a tale of knights in battle, but also a parody of medieval romance in general.
Wendy Pfeffer, professor emerita at the University of Louisville and visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, is internationally renowned for her books and articles on Occitan literature. Margaret Burrell, retired from the University of Canterbury, NZ, has published on medieval French and Occitan literature.
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ISBN 13 9781580445238
ISBN 10 1580445233
Title "Blandin de Cornoalha", A Comic Occitan Romance
Author Wendy Pfeffer
Series Teams Varia
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Medieval Institute Publications
Year published 2022-09-01
Number of pages 292
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.