LEADER 03510nam 2200589 450 001 9910258749403321 005 20220920140210.0 010 $a979-1-03-651664-1 035 $a(CKB)4100000002260352 035 $a(NjHacI)994100000002260352 035 $a(FrMaCLE)OB-obp-5294 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/31443 035 $a(PPN)234055987 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000002260352 100 $a20220920d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 13$aAn anglo-norman reader /$fJane Bliss 210 $cOpen Book Publishers$d2018 210 1$aCambridge, England :$cOpen Book Publishers,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (x, 405 pages) 311 $a1-78374-313-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aThis book is an anthology with a difference. It presents a distinctive variety of Anglo-Norman works, beginning in the twelfth century and ending in the nineteenth, covering a broad range of genres and writers, introduced in a lively and thought-provoking way. Facing-page translations, into accessible and engaging modern English, are provided throughout, bringing these texts to life for a contemporary audience. The collection offers a selection of fascinating passages, and whole texts, many of which are not anthologised or translated anywhere else. It explores little-known byways of Arthurian legend and stories of real-life crime and punishment; women's voices tell history, write letters, berate pagans; advice is offered on how to win friends and influence people, how to cure people's ailments and how to keep clear of the law; and stories from the Bible are retold with commentary, together with guidance on prayer and confession. Each text is introduced and elucidated with notes and full references, and the material is divided into three main sections, based on Dean's Catalogue: Story (a variety of narrative forms), Miscellany (including letters, law and medicine, and other non-fiction), and Religious (saints' lives, sermons, Bible commentary, and prayers). Passages in one genre have been chosen so as to reflect themes or stories that appear in another, so that the book can be enjoyed as a collection or used as a resource to dip into for selected texts. This anthology is essential reading for students and scholars of Anglo-Norman and medieval literature and culture. Wide-ranging and fully referenced, it can be used as a springboard for further study or relished in its own right by readers interested to discover Anglo-Norman literature that was written to amuse, instruct, entertain, or admonish medieval audiences. 606 $aEnglish literature 606 $aAnglo-Norman literature 610 $ahagiography 610 $agrammar and glosses 610 $aanthology 610 $amedieval culture 610 $aanglo-norman literature 610 $ahistory 610 $aenglish translation 610 $ashort stories 610 $ahomiletic 610 $aletters 610 $aEdern ap Nudd 610 $aGod 615 0$aEnglish literature. 615 0$aAnglo-Norman literature. 676 $a820.8 700 $aBliss$b Jane$01260546 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910258749403321 996 $aAn anglo-norman reader$92921352 997 $aUNINA