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The Roman de Troie by Benoit de Sainte-Maure Glyn S. Burgess

The Roman de Troie by Benoit de Sainte-Maure By Glyn S. Burgess

The Roman de Troie by Benoit de Sainte-Maure by Glyn S. Burgess


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First English translation of an important twelfth-century romance, giving an account of the Trojan war and its consequences.

The Roman de Troie by Benoit de Sainte-Maure Summary

The Roman de Troie by Benoit de Sainte-Maure: A Translation by Glyn S. Burgess

First English translation of an important twelfth-century romance, giving an account of the Trojan war and its consequences. Benoit de Sainte-Maure's Roman de Troie, dating to around 1165, is, along with the Roman de Thebes and the Roman d'Eneas, one of the three "romances of antiquity" (romans d'antiquite). These romances launched the plots, themes and structures of the genre, then blossoming in the hands of authors such as Chretien de Troyes. As an account of the Trojan War, Benoit's work is of necessity a poem about war and its causes, how it was fought and what its consequences were for the combatants. But the author's choice of the octosyllabic rhyming couplet, his fondness for description, his ability to recount the intensity of personal struggles, and above all his fascination with the trials and tribulations of Love, which affect some of the work's most prominent warriors (among them Paris and his love for Helen, and Troilus and his love for Briseida), all combine to fashion this romance - in which events from long ago are presented as a reflection of the poet's own feudal and courtly worlds. This translation, the first into English, aims to bring the poem and the author to a wider audience. It is accompanied by an introduction and notes.

The Roman de Troie by Benoit de Sainte-Maure Reviews

Winner of the 2018 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award * . *
[A] clear and accessible translation of Benoit's twelfth-century Roman de Troie that will serve as the standard English-language version of the medieval French text for the foreseeable future. * THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW *
The translators, eminent medievalists both, have crafted a compelling narrative that is scrupulously faithful to the original and perhaps even more vivid and powerful . . . The translators' expertise is evident in every component of the book-not only their translation, but also the dense introduction. Essential. * CHOICE *

About Glyn S. Burgess

GLYN S. BURGESS is Emeritus Professor of French at the University of Liverpool. DOUGLAS KELLY is Emeritus Professor of French and Medieval Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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NGR9781843845430
9781843845430
1843845431
The Roman de Troie by Benoit de Sainte-Maure: A Translation by Glyn S. Burgess
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd
2020-02-21
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