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Benot de Sainte-Maure's Roman de Troie, dating to around 1165, is, along with the Roman de Thbes and the Roman d'Eneas, one of the three 'romances of antiquity' (romans d'antiquit ). These romances launched the plots, themes and structures of the genre, then blossoming in the hands of authors such as Chr tien de Troyes. As an account of the Trojan War, Benot'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
Produkt The Roman de Troie by Benot de Sainte-Maure: A Translation (Burgess Glyn S.)(Paperback) má EAN kód 9781843845430.
Benot de Sainte-Maure's Roman de Troie, dating to around 1165, is, along with the Roman de Thbes and the Roman d'Eneas, one of the three 'romances of antiquity' (romans d'antiquit ). These romances launched the plots, themes and structures of the genre, then blossoming in the hands of authors such
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In 2000 Harcourt proudly reissued Antoine de Saint-Exup ry's masterpiece, The Little Prince, in a sparkling new format. Newly translated by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Howard, this timeless classic was embraced by critics and readers across the country for its purity and beauty of
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