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Silence : a thirteenth-century French romance / newly edited and translated with introduction and notes by Sarah Roche-Mahdi.

Author/creator Heldris, de Cornuälle author.
Other author/creatorRoche-Mahdi, Sarah, editor, translator, writer of introduction, writer of added commentary.
Included WorkHeldris, de Cornuälle Roman de Silence. French (Old French)
Included WorkHeldris, de Cornuälle Roman de Silence. English.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoBaltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014.
Description1 online resource (1 PDF (xxiv, 343 pages) :) : illustrations.
Supplemental Content Project MUSE
Subject(s)
Series Medieval texts and studies ; no. 10
Medieval texts and studies ; no. 10. ^A297654
Contents Preface -- Introduction -- Silence : text and translation -- Appendix: plot of "Grisandole" -- Notes to the Old French text -- Notes to the translation -- Proper names -- Glossary -- Select bibliography.
Abstract This bilingual edition, a parallel text in Old French and English, is based on a reexamination of the Old French manuscript, and makes Silence available to specialists and students in various fields of literature and women's studies. The Roman de Silence, an Arthurian romance of the thirteenth century, tells of a girl raised as a boy, equally accomplished as a minstrel and knight, whose final task, the capture of Merlin, leads to her unmasking.
General noteOriginally published: East Lansing, Mich. : Colleagues Press, 1992.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 341-343).
LanguageParallel texts in English and Old French, with critical matter in English.
Source of descriptionPrint version record.
Issued in other formPrint version: 0870135430 9780870135439
Genre/formElectronic books.
Genre/formRomances.
Genre/formTranslations.
ISBN9781609174385
ISBN1609174380

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