Critical Edition of Girart D’amiens’ L’istoire Le Roy Charlemaine (Book One)

“The publication of this edition of Girart d’Amiens L’Istoire le roy Charlemaine marks one of the more fortuitous events in the study of medieval French epic literature….During the past century at least four other scholars, including this writer, had announced their intention to produce such an edition and then abandoned the task for various reasons, primarily the enormity of the task. Where four others had tried and failed to produce an edition, Daniel Métraux succeeded, working from microfilm copies of the three manuscripts in his self-appointed task, and we are the richer for his efforts….This edition is a monument to Girart d’Amiens and to epic literature in general.” – John Robin Allen, Saint John’s College, University of Manitoba

Table of Contents:
Preface
Avant-propos
· Introduction: l’auteur; le contexte – unité politique et religieuse; date de l’oeuvre; les sources du Charlemagne; valeur esthétique de l’oeuvre
· Analyse du poème
· Les manuscrits
· Langue du manuscrit de base
· Choix et établissement du texte
· Procédés métriques et rimes
· L’Istoire le roy Charlemaine
Bibliographie; Index nominum; Glossaire

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