Fables

by Marie de France

Book Overview

Marie de France, one of the best-known medieval women, is justly famous for her Lais, but her longer work, the Fables, has been newly discovered by modern audiences. This collection of 103 tales is the earliest extant vernacular collection of fables from western Europe. Marie de France's sources are not clear; she appears to claim a unique source, but that is obviously not true; the first forty tales are part of the Latin tradition, specifically the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080207636X
• ISBN13: 9780802076366
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"