The Romance of FlamencaE. D. Blodgett Routledge, 23 avr. 2014 - 504 pages Variously described as a comedy of manners, a psychological romance, and a type of fabliau, the 13th-century narrative Flamenca is the best medieval romance written in Occitan. Its uniqueness springs from qualities that anticipate the preoccupations of modern-day narrative. Not content with being a love story fraught with risk and intrigue, the poem is layered with responses to the troubadour tradition of love and poetry, as well as the Bible and the classics. Though among the most bookish of romances, its tone is invariably ironic, comic, and satirical. This playfulness may be measured by the variety and vehemence of critical response to the poem. Is it a vindication of the troubadour ideal, a mockery of the Church, a satire on jealous husbands, or an undermining of the ideals that romance is said to inscribe? Or is it all of these elements held in suspense? The introduction confronts these questions. The most recent edition and translation of Flamenca , by Hubert and Porter, is now out of print; their translation was into octosyllabic couplets that match the original. Blodgett's translation is unrhymed and line-for-line, on pages facing the edition; it adhers as closely as possible to the literal meaning of the original. The edition follows the recent text prepared by Gschwind. |
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... baths with William's apartment , and his disguise as a cleric all gesture toward the more exotic tradition of the Book of Sindibād , a folktale of oriental provenance that in the West formed respectively the two 3Cf . Ghil 1989 , 298-99 ...
... baths with William's apartment , and his disguise as a cleric all gesture toward the more exotic tradition of the Book of Sindibād , a folktale of oriental provenance that in the West formed respectively the two 3Cf . Ghil 1989 , 298-99 ...
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... baths , much more richly appointed than any hermit's cell , where Geoffrey reveals himself and the love he has conceived for her from simply hearing of her great beauty . She is pleased to hear who he is , for she had fallen in love ...
... baths , much more richly appointed than any hermit's cell , where Geoffrey reveals himself and the love he has conceived for her from simply hearing of her great beauty . She is pleased to hear who he is , for she had fallen in love ...
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... baths in order to facilitate the consummation of their love . In each instance , not only is some sort of construction " engineered , " but also Flamenca herself is constructed , for each structure depends upon her being accessible by ...
... baths in order to facilitate the consummation of their love . In each instance , not only is some sort of construction " engineered , " but also Flamenca herself is constructed , for each structure depends upon her being accessible by ...
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