Of Reynaert the Fox: Text and Facing Translation of the Middle Dutch Beast Epic Van Den Vos Reynaerde

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A. Th Bouwman, Bart Besamusca
Amsterdam University Press, 2009 - Poetry - 368 pages

An entertaining reworking of the most popular branch of the Old French tale of Reynard the Fox, the mid-thirteenth century Dutch epic Van den vos Reynaerde is one of the earliest long literary works in the Dutch vernacular. Sly Reynaert and a cast of other comical woodland characters find themselves again and again caught up in escapades that often provide a satirical commentary on human society.

            
This charmingly volume is the first bilingual edition of the tale, featuring facing pages with an English translation by Thea Summerfield, making the undisputed masterpiece of medieval Dutch literature accessible to a wide international audience. Accompanying the critical text and parallel translation are an introduction, interpretative notes, an index of names, a complete glossary, and a short introduction to Middle Dutch.

 

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Common terms and phrases

animals appear audience bear Belin Brune Bruun called caused century clis coninc court Cuwaert daer dede dese dien dier doen earlier edition eene eenen eere ende error escape example forms French gaen ghinc give goet Grimbeert groet hear hebben heere hevet hove imp.pl intr king king’s Lady later leave letter lines live Lord manuscript means Middle Dutch mijn mochte moet niet Nobel omme person present priest pron quam reading recht refers refl relatives result Reynaert sijn sine sinen soude sprac story tell translation treasure tricks Tybeert vele verb voer voeren waer waert ware wife Willem wolf written Ysingrijn zijn

About the author (2009)

André Bouwman is keeper of Western manuscripts at the Leiden University Library. Bart Besamusca is senior lecturer in medieval Dutch literature in the Department of Dutch at Utrecht University.

Bibliographic information

TitleOf Reynaert the Fox: Text and Facing Translation of the Middle Dutch Beast Epic Van Den Vos Reynaerde
OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks)
EditorsA. Th Bouwman, Bart Besamusca
ContributorsMatthias Hüning, Ulrike Vogl
Editionillustrated
PublisherAmsterdam University Press, 2009
ISBN908964024X, 9789089640246
Length368 pages
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Literary Collections / European / General
Poetry / Epic
  
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