Silence: A Thirteenth-Century French Romance

This bilingual edition, a parallel text in Old French and English, is based on a reexamination of the Old French manuscript, and makes Silence available to specialists and students in various fields of literature and women's studies.
The Roman de Silence, an Arthurian romance of the thirteenth century, tells of a girl raised as a boy, equally accomplished as a minstrel and knight, whose final task, the capture of Merlin, leads to her unmasking.

Author: Sarah Roche-Mahdi
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Published: 08/31/1999
Series: Medieval Texts and Studies
Pages: 343
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780870135439