The Song of Roland (Penguin Classics) Out of this skirmish arose a stirring tale of war, which was recorded in the oldest extant epic poem in French.On 15 August 778, Charlemagne’s army was returning from a successful expedition ag
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| Title | : | The Song of Roland (Penguin Classics) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.69 (927 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0140445323 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 1990-06-05 |
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Text: English (translation)
On 15 August 778, Charlemagne’s army was returning from a successful expedition against Saracen Spain when its rearguard was ambushed in a remote Pyrenean pass. Out of this skirmish arose a stirring tale of war, which was recorded in the oldest extant epic poem in French. The Song of Roland, written by an unknown poet, tells of Charlemagne’s warrior nephew, Lord of the Breton Marches, who valiantly leads his men into battle against the Saracens, but dies in the massacre, defiant to the end. In majestic verses, the battle becomes a symbolic struggle between Christianity and paganism, while Roland’s last stand is the ultimate expression of honour and feudal values of twelfth-century France.
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I appreiate the framework of this book as a tool for reflection and connecting our thinking to our values and beliefs about children and childhood.. The author does a thorough job in pointing out the fallacy of much of today's thought. Um, hard to go wrong there. Paralleling the lives of the lovers is that of a corrupt judge, Jeremiah Delahyde (the third strand) who literally crashes into the world of Guido and Anna on a fatal New Years night." Anna's death at the hands of the drunken Delahyde in an auto `accident' sets into action a line of revenge by Guido - a move that ties the three threads of the novel together tightly. I assume the reason is that people in our time do not trace back their roots to the feudalism of the Middle Ages, and that they consider the chapter of chivalry closed after Cervantes's satirical portrait of knighthood in "Don Quixote". I recommend this book- it is an excellent (though depressing) read.. Each year, I wrote down every cent I spent, including each pe
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