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The 'Continuations' of Chrétien's 'Perceval'
Boydell & Brewer 2012; US$ 95.00The notion of Continuation in medieval literature is a familiar one - but difficult to define precisely. Despite the existence of important texts which are commonly referred to as Continuations, such as Le Roman de la Rose , Le Chevalier de la Charrette and, of course, the Perceval Continuations , the mechanics and processes involved in actually producing... more...
Allegory and Sexual Ethics in the High Middle Ages
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 90.00Guynn offers an innovative new approach to the ethical, cultural, and ideological analysis of medieval allegory. Working between poststructuralism and historical materialism, he considers both the playfulness of allegory and its disciplinary force. more...
American Creoles
Liverpool University Press 2012; US$ 57.00This book examines the cultural, social, and historical affinities between the Francophone Caribbean and the American South, considering figures as diverse as Barack Obama, Frantz Fanon, Miles Davis, James Brown, Edouard Glissant, William Faulkner, Maryse Condé and Lafcadio Hearn. more...
The Anonymous Marie de France
University of Chicago Press 2006; US$ 30.00This book by one of our most admired and influential medievalists offers a fundamental reconception of the person generally assumed to be the first woman writer in French, the author known as Marie de France. The Anonymous Marie de France is the first work to consider all of the writing ascribed to Marie, including her famous Lais , her 103 animal... more...
Beau Sauvage et autres contes de la Mauricie
Presses de l''niversite du Quebec 1990; US$ 21.00Beau Sauvage - Le Jardin des Oliviers - Cendrouillonne - Tit-l'Ourson - Le Prince des dorés - La Belle et la Bête - Les Trois Grues - Le Ruban vert - Le Cheval Bavard - Poilue - L'Eau de la Fontaine de vue - La Tourtonne - Rosalie ou L'Assiette d'or - Tit-Jean et les cachettes - Le Cheval Fallada - Grand Jack - Tit-Page et... more...
Carthage ou la flamme du brasier
Editions Rodopi 2007; US$ 67.20Carthage ou la flamme du brasier part dune suite poétique dEdouard Glissant, intitulée « Carthage », incluse dans Le sel noir (1960). Creuset des plus fructueux, ce texte a rapidement suscité chez Bernadette Cailler le désir dexplorer dautres incarnations textuelles contemporaines de ce regard porté... more...
Chanson d'Antioche, chanson de geste
John Benjamins Publishing Company 1980; US$ 158.00The Chanson d'Antioche
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 124.95This is the first translation into English of the Old French Chanson d'Antioche, a text which has long intrigued historians and literary scholars. Uniquely among epic poems, it follows closely a well-documented historical event - the First Crusade - and appears to include substantial and genuine historical content. The introduction assesses the... more...
Chrétien Continued
OUP Oxford 2009; US$ 124.99Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner provides the first book-length examination of all four verse continuations that follow Chr--eacute--;tien's unfinished Grail story, a powerful site of rewriting from the late twelfth through the fifteenth centuries. By focusing on the dialogue between Chr--eacute--;tien and the verse continuators, this study demonstrates... more...









