Author: James BaldwinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Roland (Legendary character)
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
The Story of Roland
Author: James BaldwinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Roland (Legendary character)
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
The Song of Roland
Author: AnonymousPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
The Song of Roland is a book of poems by an anonymous author. It depicts a gory French tale of war, where General Charlemagne was ambushed in a remote Pyrenean pass, showcasing a symbolic struggle between Christianity and Islam.
Stories of Roland Told to the Children
Author: Henrietta Elizabeth MarshallPublisher:
ISBN: 9781389674198
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
The classic Romantic French epic poem, known as The Song of Roland (La Chanson de Roland), is here retold for younger readers by master storyteller H. E. Marshall. The Song of Roland is one of the oldest surviving major works of French literature, dating from around 1150 A.D, and possibly the greatest heroic and romantic poem of its genre. Although The Song of Roland is presented as part of the great war between the European Franks under Charlemagne and the Moorish invaders of Spain, it is a highly embroidered and romanticized version which is only very loosely based on real events. The Song of Roland unfolds as Charlemagne and his great army are fighting Muslim invaders in Spain, and follows the story of the great Frankish captain Roland until shortly after his death at the hands of a Muslim attack. The events are based loosely on the Battle of Roncevaux Pass of 778 A.D. Charlemagne's army was withdrawing from Spain after campaigning against the Muslims, when the rearguard commander, Roland, was killed in an ambush set by a local Basque army. The Song of Roland took these events and, mainly through oral tradition, romanticized them into a major conflict between Christians and Muslims-when in fact both sides in the Battle of Roncevaux Pass were Christian. Nonetheless, The Song of Roland remains a major work of heroic literature, and this retelling is the perfect way to introduce younger readers to an important part of European culture and heritage. This edition has been completely reset and hand-edited, and contains all the original illustrations by L. D. Luard.
The Song of Roland, Done Into English, in the Original Measure
Author: Life of Charlemagne
Author: EinhardThe Song of Roland
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chanson de Roland
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The story of the brave young knight Roland, and his daring efforts to save Europe from the pagan Saracens.
The Song of Roland
Author: John DuValPublisher: Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 1603849181
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Swift yet resonant, this masterful new verse translation conveys the immediacy, intimacy, and power of this greatest of Old French epic poems. John DuVal approaches the unadorned syntax of The Song of Roland in straightforward modern English, attuned to the nuance and detail of the narrative and the poetry of the original text. In his concise but thorough general Introduction, David Staines traces the origins of the poem and its reception in medieval society, discusses its content and its themes, and in clear, accessible prose illuminates the epic poem’s chivalric spirit. Footnotes provide glosses on events, characters, and medieval terms. Endnotes discuss editorial and translational issues. This edition also includes a selected bibliography, a map, and a glossary and index. An appendix provides the entire text of the Old French original.
Song of Roland
Author: Gerard J. BraultPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271039140
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 637
Book Description
The Song of Roland
Author: W. S. MerwinPublisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 0307790258
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
A contemporary prose rendering of the great medieval French epic, The Song of Roland is as canonical and significant as the Anglo-Saxon Beowulf. It extols the chivalric ideals in the France of Charlemagne through the exploits of Charlemagne's nephew, the warrior Roland, who fights bravely to his death in a legendary battle. Against the bloody backdrop of the struggle between Christianity and Islam, The Song of Roland remains a vivid portrayal of medieval life, knightly adventure, and feudal politics. The first great literary works of a culture are its epic chronicles, those that create simple hero-figures about whom the imagination of a nation can crystallize, observed V. S. Pritchett. The Song of Roland is animated by the crusading spirit and fortified by national and religious propaganda. This edition features W. S. Merwin's glowing, lyrical translation.
The Song of Roland
Author: TuroldPublisher: Aegitas
ISBN: 1773137999
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The Song of Roland is an epic poem based on the Battle of Roncevaux in 778, during the reign of Charlemagne. It is the oldest surviving major work of French literature and exists in various manuscript versions, which testify to its enormous and enduring popularity in the 12th to 14th centuries.