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"In 1996, David Townsend published a very free but also very good verse translation of the Alexandreis by Walter of Châtillon, one of the most influential poems of the 'Twelfth-Century Renaissance.' This new volume improves upon the earlier translation; it also provides additional materials to shed light on Walter's other writings, the twelfth-century Latin epic tradition in general, and the medieval Alexander tradition. Townsends elegant and readable English could be used with other translations in a course on medieval epic and romance. It could provide a focal point for students and general readers in understanding the image of Alexander the Great across time. The possibilities are legion." -- Jan. M. Ziolkowski, Harvard University
"While the Alexandreis did much to shape the medieval attitude to history, this translation helps to define it." -- The Times Literary Supplement
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