Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The Testament Of Cresseid And Seven FablesISBN13:9780374532451ISBN10:0374532451Author:Henryson, Robert (Author)Description:The Greatest Of The Late Medieval Scots Makars, Robert Henryson Was Influenced By Their Vision Of The Frailty And Pathos Of Human Life, And By The Inherited Poetic Example Of Geoffrey Chaucer Henryson's Finest Poem, And One Of The Rhetorical Masterpieces Of Scots Literature, Is The Narrative Testament Of Cresseid Set In The Aftermath Of The Trojan War, The Testament Completes The Story Of Chaucer's Troilus And Criseyde, Offering A Tragic Account Of Its Faithless Heroine's Rejection By Her Lover, Diomede, And Of Her Subsequent Decline Into Prostitution And Leprosy Written In Middle Scots, A Distinctive Northern Version Of English, The Testament Has Been Translated By Seamus Heaney Into A Confident But Faithful Idiom That Matches The Original Verse Form And Honors The Poem's Unique Blend Of Detachment And Compassion A Master Of High Narrative, Henryson Was Also A Comic Master Of The Verse Fable, And His Burlesques Of Human Weakness In The Guise Of Animal Wisdom Are Delicately Pointed With Irony Seven Of The Fables Are Here Sparklingly Translated By Heaney, Their Freshness Rendered To The Last Claw And Feather Together, The Testament Of Cresseid And Seven Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:FARRAR STRAUSS GIROUX 3PLPublication Date:2010-09-28Weight:0.6 lbsDimensions:0.6'' H x 7.9'' L x 5'' WNumber of Pages:183Language:English
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Book Title: Testament of Cresseid and Seven Fables
Item Length: 8in.
Item Height: 0.5in.
Item Width: 5in.
Author: Robert Henryson
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: General, Ancient & Classical, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication Year: 2010
Genre: Poetry
Item Weight: 8.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
