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The Alexandreis of Walter of Chatilon. A Twelfth-Century Epic.
Walter Of Chatillon
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Hardback. Written sometime in the 1170s, Walter of Chatillon's Latin epic on the life of Alexander the Great loomed as large on literary horizons as the works on Jean de Meun, Dante, or Boccaccio. This title provides a translation of this work. Translator(s): Townsend, David; Townsend, Walter. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
Written sometime in the 1170s, Walter of Chatillon's Latin epic on the life of Alexander the Great loomed as large on literary horizons as the works on Jean de Meun, Dante, or Boccaccio. Within a few decades of its composition, the poem had become a standard text of the literary curriculum. Virtually all authors of the thirteenth through fifteenth centuries knew the poem. And an extraordinary two hundred surviving manuscripts, elaborately annotated, attest both to the popularity of the Alexandreis and to the care with which it was read by its medieval audience.
Written sometime in the 1170s, Walter of Chatillon's Latin epic on the life of Alexander the Great loomed as large on literary horizons as the works on Jean de Meun, Dante, or Boccaccio. Within a few decades of its composition, the poem had become a standard text of the literary curriculum. Virtually all authors of the thirteenth through fifteenth centuries knew the poem. And an extraordinary two hundred surviving manuscripts, elaborately annotated, attest both to the popularity of the Alexandreis and to the care with which it was read by its medieval audience.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
The Middle Ages Series
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812233476
SKU
V9780812233476
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About Walter Of Chatillon
David Townsend is Professor of Medieval Studies and English at the University of Toronto.
Reviews for The Alexandreis of Walter of Chatilon. A Twelfth-Century Epic.
"While the Alexandreis did much to shape the medieval attitude to history, this translation helps to define it."
Times Literary Supplement
Times Literary Supplement