An edition of La Chanson de Roland (1990)

The song of Roland

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An edition of La Chanson de Roland (1990)

The song of Roland

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Presents an English translation of the oldest existing epic poem in French, telling the tale of the massacre in 778 of Charlemagne's rearguard at Roncesvalles in northern Spain, and includes an introduction and notes.

Publish Date
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Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
224

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Subjects
battle of roncesvalles in literature, epic poetry, french, knights and knighthood, poetry, Translations into English, Roland (Legendary character), French Epic poetry, Romances, Epic poetry, Roland (legendary character), Battle of roncesvalles in literature, Epic poetry, french, Knights and knighthood, Poetry, Translations into english, French epic poetry
People
Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814, Roland (Legendary character)
Places
roncesvalles (spain)
Times
778

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New York, USA, London, UK, Toronto, Canada, Victoria, Australia, Auckland, New Zealand, New Delhi, India, Rosebank, South Africa

Table of Contents

Introduction Page 7 A Note on the Translation Page 27 The Song of Roland Page 29 Notes Page 157 Glossary of Unusual Terms Page 160 Bibliography Page 162 Appendix: La Chanson de Roland Page 164 Index of Proper Names Page 211

Edition Notes

Appendix contains selected extracts from the Old French original.

Series
Penguin classics
Copyright Date
1990
Translation Of
La Chanson de Roland
Translated From
French, Old (ca. 842-1300)

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
841 .1 (ddc20)
Library of Congress
PQ 1521 .E5 B78 1990, PQ1521, PQ1521.E5 B78 1990

Contributors

Translator
Glyn S. Burgess
Introduction
Glyn S. Burgess
Notes by
Glyn S. Burgess

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
219 p.
Number of pages
224
Dimensions
19.7 x 12.7 x 1.4 centimeters
Weight
200 grams

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1955387M
Internet Archive
songofroland00burg
ISBN 10
0140445323
ISBN 13
9780140445329
LCCN
90183545
OCLC/WorldCat
23357007
Library Thing
34589
Goodreads
763841

Excerpts

Charles the king, our great emperor,
Has been in Spain for seven long years,
And conquered that proud land as far as the sea.
Page 29, added by Alex Voytek.

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