Blandin de Cornoalha, A Comic Occitan Romance

A New Critical Edition and Translation

Edited by Wendy Pfeffer and translated by Margaret Burrell and Wendy Pfeffer

Book cover: Blandin de Cornoalha, A Comic Occitan Romance

Extent: 292 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Literary Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: TEAMS Varia

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(September 2022)

ISBN: 9781580445238

5.91 x 9.06 inches

Price: $34.95

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This volume makes available for the first time in English an edition of the medieval romance Blandin de Cornoalha, including the original Occitan text, a translation and an introduction to the work.


The volume makes available for the first time in English an edition of the medieval romance Blandin de Cornoalha, accompanied by a translation and introduction to the work. Composed in the second half of the fourteenth century by an anonymous author, the story offers the first recording of the Sleeping Beauty folktale, incorporated into the adventures of two knights. Many elements in the romance are comic, suggesting that Blandin is not simply a tale of knights in battle, but also a parody of medieval romance in general.

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
The Manuscript
Versification and Genre
Language of the Author and of the Text
Literary Analogs and Possible Sources
Travels of the Narrative
Dating the Text
First Sightings, Prior Editions, and the Argument for this Edition
The Comedy of Blandin
Conclusion, Presentation of the Edition and Translation
Occitan Text and English Translation in parallel
Bibliography
Index

  • Edited and translated by Wendy Pfeffer
  • Translated by Margaret Burrell