Le livre du Chevalier errant

By (author) Thomas III. von Saluzzo Edited by Robert Fajen

Book cover: Le livre du Chevalier errant

Hardback (Published)

(March 2020)

ISBN: 9783954902873

6.69 x 9.49 inches

Price: $119.00

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(September 2020)

ISBN: 9783954906871

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English summary: From 1394 to 1396 the Piedmontese marquis Thomas III of Saluzzo wrote a long encyclopaedic novel in French in which a knight wanders through the three allegorical worlds of Cupid, Fortuna and Lady Knowledge. Like hardly any other work of the era, Thomas’ text reflects the knowledge, literary taste, and self-image of a late medieval nobleman. This is edition based on the two preserved manuscripts. It makes Le livre du Chevalier errant for the first time accessible in a philologically reliable form and opens it up by a detailed introduction and a comprehensive appendix. German description: Der piemontesische Markgraf Thomas III. von Saluzzo verfasste 1394-1396 einen langen enzyklopadischen Roman in franzosischer Sprache, in dem ein Ritter die drei allegorischen Welten Amors, Fortunas und der Dame Erkenntnis durchstreift. Wie kaum ein anderes Werk des Spatmittelalters spiegelt dieser ausserordentliche Text das Wissen, den literarischen Geschmack und das Selbstverstandnis eines Hochadligen um 1400 wider. Die vorliegende Edition auf Basis der beiden erhaltenen Handschriften macht den Livre du Chevalier errant erstmals in philologisch verlasslicher Form zuganglich und erschliesst den Roman zugleich in einer ausfuhrlichen Einleitung und einem umfassenden Anhang.

Prof. Dr. Robert Fajen<br/>Born 1969; Romance and German Studies at the universities of Würzburg, Nantes and Constance; 2001: Doctorate with a study about medieval literature: Die Lanze und die Feder. Untersuchungen zum „Livre du Chevalier errant“ von Thomas III., Markgraf von Saluzzo, (Wiesbaden: Reichert, 2003), awarded the Elise Richter Prize by the German Association of Romanists; 2005-2006 scholarship at the German Study Center in Venice; 2009: Habilitation with his second book, Die Verwandlung der Stadt. Venedig und die Literatur im 18. Jahrhundert (Paderborn: W. Fink, 2013), awarded the Hugo Friedrich and Erich Köhler Prize by the University of Freiburg i. Br.<br/>Since 2010 professor of French and Italian Literary Studies at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.<br/>Main research interests: romance literature of the Middle Ages; literature of the French and Italian 18th century; city and literature; functional history of literary imagination.<br/>

  • By (author) Thomas III. von Saluzzo
  • Edited by Robert Fajen