The Roman de Troie

The Roman de Troie

by Benoît,, de Sainte-More

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Benoît de Sainte-Maure's <I>Roman de Troie</I>, dating to around 1165, is, along with the <I>Roman de Thèbes</I> and the <I>Roman d'Eneas</I>, one of the three "romances of antiquity" (<I>romans d'antiquité</I>). These romances launched the plots, themes and structures of the genre, then blossoming in the hands of authors such as Chrétien de Troyes. As an account of the Trojan War, Benoît's work is of necessity a poem about war and its causes, how it was fought and what its consequences were fo…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :The Roman de Troie / by Benoît de Sainte-Maure ; translated by Glyn S. Burgess and Douglas Kelly.

Summary

Benoît de Sainte-Maure's <I>Roman de Troie</I>, dating to around 1165, is, along with the <I>Roman de Thèbes</I> and the <I>Roman d'Eneas</I>, one of the three "romances of antiquity" (<I>romans d'antiquité</I>). These romances launched the plots, themes and structures of the genre, then blossoming in the hands of authors such as Chrétien de Troyes. As an account of the Trojan War, Benoît'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 this romance - in which events from long ago are presented as a reflection of the poet's own feudal and courtly worlds. This translation, the first into English, aims to bring the poem and the author to a wider audience. It is accompanied by an introduction and notes. Glyn S. Burgess is Emeritus Professor of French at the University of Liverpool; Douglas Kelly is Emeritus Professor of French and Medieval Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2017.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):D.S. Brewer
  • Place of Publication:Cambridge
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2017.

Notes

An English prose translation of the poem.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (viii, 475 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781787440258, 1787440257
  • oclc:on1003149845
  • LC Classification:PQ1429
  • Dewey Decimal:841/.1

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Outline of the Roman de Troie -- The Roman de troie. Prologue ; Overview of the plot ; Causes and effects ; The Trojan War ; Settling scores and surviving -- Appendix I: Notes on some common words in the Roman de Troie -- Appendix II: Manuscripts of the Roman de Troie.

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Subjects

French literature French literature -- Translations into … French poetry French poetry -- Translations into Engl… Guerre de Troie -- Légendes Legends POETRY -- Continental European To 1500 Translations Troie (Ville ancienne) -- Légendes Trojan War -- Legends Troy (Extinct city) -- Legends Turkey -- Troy (Extinct city)

Writers

Benoît,, de Sainte-More Burgess, Glyn S., (Glyn Sheridan) Kelly, Douglas

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