The Song of Roland
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- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2012
Summary
One of the crowning achievements of medieval literature, The Song of Roland tells the story of the battle of Roncesvals in 778 and enters into the very soul of a gallant, brutal, and tumultuous age.
At the center of this heroic epic is Roland, the supreme embodiment of the chivalric ideal who leads his men into combat and fights valiantly to the death. But Roland is just one of the superbly defined figures in the panoramic drama. The poem’s vivid portrayals of Ganelon’s treas…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780451531933 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0451531930 |
| Author: | Robert Harrison, Guy Gavriel Kay |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Signet |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2012 |
| Weight: | 108g |
| Dimensions: | 170mm x 105mm x 14mm |
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“Only one other work of ancient literature shares the same concern with transcendent reality, combined with a simple yet elevated style and a tone of high moral purpose—the Old Testament.”—Robert Harrison
About The Author
Robert Harrison
Robert Harrison was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1932. He received a B.A. from the University of Texas in 1953. Following a tour of duty in the United States Navy, he returned for an M.A. in 1960 and a Ph.D. in 1964. The author of books and articles on Beckett, Faulkner, Donne, and Keats, he is the coeditor of Masterworks of World Literature. He is also the author of Gallic Salt- Eighteen Fabliaux Translated from the Old French.
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