Ami and Amile - Hardcover
This prose translation of the medieval French verse narrative Ami and Amile recounts the legendary friendship of two valiant knights who are asindistinguishable as twin brothers. Ami and Amile serve Charlemagnetogether, face together the hatred of an archetypal villain, confrontthe daunting challenges of women and love, and accept extraordinarysacrifices for each other's sake. Miracles mark the end of their lives,and their shared tomb becomes a pilgrims' shrine.Thecompelling translation by Samuel N. Rosenberg and Samuel Danon isaccompanied by an introduction on the background, genre, and generalsense of the tale. The volume also includes an afterword by DavidKonstan, which examines the medieval work's concept of friendship within a perspective extending back to classical antiquity.This translation will reveal Ami and Amile as a major work of the French Middle Ages. In elegant and forcefulprose, it weaves together the themes of friendship and love and thestatus of women, of sin and punishment, the moral problem of doing wrong for the right reason, and the mythic affliction of leprosy. The workwill foster lively literary and philosophical discussion.Ami and Amile is of interest to a wide range of readers, including students ofhistory, comparative literature, and gender studies. Medievalists willfind it a welcome addition to their libraries and a captivatingexperience for their students.The volume is published in theseries Stylus: Studies in Medieval Culture, edited by Eugene Vance,University of Washington. Samuel N. Rosenberg is Professor Emeritus ofFrench and Italian at Indiana University; Samuel Danon is ProfessorEmeritus of French at Reed College.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
Original Language: French
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- PublisherFrench Literature Pubns
- Publication date1981
- ISBN 10 0917786203
- ISBN 13 9780917786204
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages142
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